Cultivated
A robust , erect , annual herb or short-lived perennial ; up to 2 m high , with a woody base , mainly glabrous . Stems erect , glabrescent or glabrous , aint red-brownish . Leaves alternate , 4-10 x 1-4 cm , lanceolate-elliptic , serrate margin , acuminate to acute apex , rounded base , petiolate . Inflorescences solitary or in 1(–2)-flowered clusters ; axillary . Flowers yellow , small , about 8 mm across ; sepals 5 , linear , distinctly ciliolate at base , falling soon ; petals 5 , free , oblanceolate ; stamens 25–50 ; ovary minutely setulose . Fruit capsule , 5-10 cm , cylindrical , straight or slightly curved , 10-angled , 5-locular , glabrous and smooth , dehiscing by 5 valves . Seeds 1 . 5–2 mm long , angular , irregularly ribbed , black . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Corchorus catharticus Blanco
Corchorus decemangularis Roxb. ex G.Don
Corchorus lanceolatus G.Don
Corchorus longicarpus G.Don
Corchorus malchairii De Wild.
Corchorus quinquelocularis Moench
No data
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Egyptian Spinach
Indian Jute
Wild Jute
Bush Okra
Jew’s mMllow
West African Sorrel, Jute Mallow
Tossa Jute
Not used traditionally.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *http://pza.sanbi.org *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
