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Taxon:  Corchorus olitorius L.



Summary
Genus:
Corchorus
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Grewioideae
Nomen number:
11458
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:529. 1753
Verified:
11/01/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
5 (5  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Jew's-mallow –
Nalta jute –
tossa jute –
Arabic
meloukhia –
French
corète potagère –
German
Langkapseljute –
Italian
juta –
Portuguese
juta –
Spanish
yute –
Swedish
tossajute –
Transcribed Chinese
chang shuo huang ma –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
4Naturalized    widely natzd. in tropics
6Other    possibly native elsewhere in tropical Asia
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan
Naturalized (widely natzd. in tropics)
Other (possibly native elsewhere in tropical Asia)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Human foodvegetable Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Materialsfiber Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Materialsfiber Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Weedpotential seed contaminant Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds


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