Beautiful Seed Beads

Job’s tears, scientific name Coix lacryma-jobi, is a tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant of the grass family. Close-up view of Job’s tears reveals the hollow, bead-like involucres which naturally have a hole in them. The seeds of Job’s tears are said to represent the tears shed by the biblical Job during the challenges he faced.

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