Common name: Coix seed
Scientific name: Coix_lacryma-jobi L
Chinese name: 菩提子
Taxonomy
Angiosperms/Monocotyledoneae/Gramineae/:Coix Linn/Coix_lacryma-jobi L
Overview
Coix lacryma-jobi L is a coarse annual grass with yellow-white fibrous roots that are spongy and about 3 mm in diameter. Flowering Period 6-12 months. Main production in Qichun County, Hunan, Hebei, Jiangsu, Fujian and other provinces.
Coix lacryma-jobi L can be used as medicine by removing the seed kernel of Husk and seed coat. Sweet taste, light, slightly cold nature. It has the function of invigorating spleen and removing dampness, clearing away heat and pus. For Spleen Deficiency Diarrhea Edema Beriberi, Leucorrhea, wet, joint pain, intestinal Carbuncle, lung impotence and other diseases. Is still used for gastric cancer, cervical cancer, chorionic epithelial cancer and other cancers as well as multiple warts. Coix seed is one of the traditional food resources in China, which can be made into Congee, rice and various kinds of pasta for people to eat. Especially suitable for the elderly and infirm.
Genomic information
Choromsome number : 2n=2X=20
Protein coding genes : 71437
Genes assembled on chromosomes : 64296
Total genome size(Mb) : 1560
Mapped sequence size(Mb) : 1280
Number of scaffolds : 3362
Scaffold n50(Mb) : 0.59
Data sources
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