Jali (Coix lachryma-jobi L.) commonly known as Job’s tears, are originally from India and now are native to South East Asia region, such as China, Japan, Thailand, Philippines, and Indonesia.

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BIJI JALI
(Coix lachryma-jobi L.)

2. Jali (Coix lachryma-jobi L.) commonly known as
Job’s tears, are originally from India and now are
native to South East Asia region, such as China,
Japan, Thailand, Philippines, and Indonesia. In
indonesia, it can be found in Sulawesi, Sumatra,
Java island, which have hot or humid climate. This
plant grows at 1000 meters above sea level and has
1-2 meters in height (Balitsereal, 2009).

3. There are 2 kinds of Jali,
ma-yuen and monilifer
variety.
Ma-yuen used as staple
food and formed
cylinder with brown,
yellow or purple colored.
Monilifer have hard skin
with black or grey
colored, which used as
beads in ornamental
purpose, rosarie, and
necklace (Balitsereal,
2009).
ma-yuen variety
monilifer variety

4. TAXONOMY
Kingdom : Plantae
Divisio : Magnoliophyta
Subdivisio : Spermatophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Ordo : Poales
Family : Poaceae
Genus : Coix
Species : Coix lacryma-jobi
(P. Thassanee, 1987)

5. ACTIVE COMPOUNDS
Jali contains some active compound such as
cotoxenolid, coixol, coicin, and some amino acid
(leusin, tirosin, lisine, glutamic acid, arginin, and
histidin) (Chang et al., 2003).

6. HEALTH BENEFITS
Cotoxenolid used as anticancer. Jali’s oil also gives
some health benefits, such as reducing liver fat
accumulation, protecting against viral infection,
reducing allergic reaction, and osteoporosis (Chang
et al., 2003). In China it is used as traditional
medicine and supplementary medical food.

7. APPLICATION IN FOODS & BEVERAGES
The grain can be polished and milled as flour and
used in bakery products.
In Thailand, the seed coat is removed and the sees
are consume whole. The seeds also boiled with water
to produce beverage products (Cheappensuk, 2006).

8. References
Balitsereal. 2009. Hihglight Balai Penelitian Tanaman Serealia 2008.
Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pertanian. Badan Penelitian
dan Pengembangan Pangan. Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan
Serealia 45p. Jogjakarta.
Chang et al., 2003. Fourage Crops Varieties. Indian Grassland and
Fodder Research Institute. Jhansi.
Cheappensuk. 2006. Inovation of Food Products from Job’s tear.
Research Summary of Rajapat Pranakorn. Thailand.
Thassanee, P. 1987. Job’s tear : Some Properties and Products. Thesis,
Kasestart University Thailand.