Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655. Value Class Food It is a small herb with erect, sparingly branched stems. Corchorus aestuans; Media in category "Corchorus aestuans" The following 22 files are in this category, out of 22 total. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). Flora of West Pakistan 1-131. Oman, ORSTROM, Bangui. 3 mi. Browse 1,192,000 global plant names, 98,200 detailed descriptions, and 247,500 images with an initial focus on tropical Africa Lachenaud, O. It is a natural fibre with golden and silky shine and hence called the Golden Fibre. (eds.) & Wild, H. Branches covered in long hairs, often mostly on one side. The plants are tall, usually annual herbs, reaching a height of 2–4 m, unbranched or with only a few side branches.The leaves are alternate, simple, lanceolate, 5–15 cm long, with an acuminate tip and a finely serrated or lobed margin.The flowers are small (2–3 cm diameter) and yellow, with five petals; the fruit is a many-seeded capsule. (1999). This herbarium is recognized internationally by the acronym ‘JCB’. Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. Dorstenia Indica 2. Description: Herb, annual, sometimes suffrutescent, erect or prostrate, 30 – 60 cm tall. The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Surv. Corchorus aestuans jute Corchorus capsularis jute Corchorus hirsutus jackswitch Corchorus hirtus Orinoco jute Corchorus olitorius nalta jute Corchorus siliquosus slippery burr Corchorus torresianus . Memon, R.A. & al. Value Class Food Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ Family Name: Malvaceae: Currently Accepted Name: Corchorus aestuans L. : Locality: USA. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, Kew Science Photographs 2, 1: 308 (1958). Flora of Lakshadweep islands off the Malabar coast, peninsular India, with emphasis on phytogeographical distribution of plants Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 19: 235-250. Corchorus aestuans from a village near Samalkha Panipat Wild, about 1.5 feet high with ribbed fruits about 2 cm long. (eds.) Published on the internet. Burkina, Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. Jamaica, Species Corchorus orinocensis Kunth accepted as Corchorus hirtus Linnaeus Species Corchorus scandens Thunb. (eds.) A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, Kew Backbone Distributions Malawi, Bot. Ivory Coast, and E. sphaericus (Gaertn.) Primary center of origin and diversity of the wild taxa of Corchorus appears to be Africa. (1995 publ. Correll, D.S. Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. & Woods, M. (2011). Flora of China 12: 1-534. Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). The Maldive islands, Indian Ocean Atoll Research Bulletin 58: 1-37. long; horns entire or sometimes bifid; valves only shallowly hollowed out to contain the seeds on the inner surface. & Correll, H.B. Assam, Muntigia calabura L. is a garden shrub. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Corchorus aestuans L. Weed type: Broadleaf. The vascular flora of isla Socorro, Mexico: 1-71. 2020. A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. Corchorus leaves are consumed in the cuisines of various countries.Corchorus olitorius is used mainly in the cuisines of southern Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and West Africa, Corchorus capsularis in Japan and China.It has a mucilaginous (somewhat "slimy") texture, similar to okra, when cooked.The seeds are used as a flavouring, and a herbal tea is made from the dried leaves. Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/. Sheppard, C.R.C. 2001, Tiliaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Description. Flora Zambesiaca Hierbas anuales o perennes algo leñosas o arbustos pequeños, con tricomas simples (en las especies nicaragüenses) o estrellados. Smithsonian Institution. Turner, I.M. Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 16. Fl. Corchorus aestuans : Source: Malvales of North America Update, database (version 2011) Acquired: 2011 : Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010) Reference for: Corchorus aestuans : Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0) Acquired: 1996 : Notes: Cayman Is., Guyana, Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2008). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902. Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Cotyledons: First leaves: General habit: Prostrate or ascending herb. Benin, Chagos Archipelago, This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropics & Subtropics. A preliminary floristic checklist of Thal desert Punjab, Pakistan Pakistn Journal of Botany 46: 13-18. Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do. 1997). B5AnDiMaMaCoaex1 of Corchorus aestuans ( East Indian Mallow ) by Subhajit Roy (eds.) (Includes a picture). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 83 - 88. French Guiana, 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 80. Liberia, The Atlas of Florida Plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Branched annual herb, up to 50 cm tall, erect when young, older branches becoming prostrate. Aldabra, Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Indian Institute of Science houses a herbarium of a fairly large number of specimens of native and naturalized plants collected by many taxonomists and researchers from India and abroad. Flora Iranica 148: 1-15. Christmas I., Result and Discussion In addition to their food and fibre value, different Corchorus species are used as medicinal plants (C. olitorius, C. capsularis and C. aestuans are used as Corchorus aestuans in Hyderabad, India.. Corchorus leaves are consumed in the cuisines of various countries.Corchorus olitorius is used mainly in the cuisines of southern Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and West Africa, Corchorus capsularis in Japan and China.It has a mucilaginous (somewhat "slimy") texture, similar to okra, when cooked. Kenya, are found in North Bengal. Branches covered in long hairs, often mostly on one side. Brux.) Nansei-shoto, (2012). China South-Central, Alabama, The base number of chromosomes in almost all the species of Corchorus is 7 (2n = 2x = 14).). Yellow flowers 1-3 in clusters, very shortly stalked, very small, leaf-opposed. Image from Stuppy & Kesseler©Papadakis Publisher. GBIF (2008-continuously updated). 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS, Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. (1977). National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé. Bai po, the blanched leaves of Corchorus olitorius. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Corchorus aestuans L. Syst.Nat. Molokhia (Corchorus olitorius L., family Tillaceae) is a leafy, green, summer vegetable and medicinal plant that is a traditional dish in the Middle East and parts of Asia and Africa. Bhellum, B.L. Jute is extracted from the bark of the white jute plant (Corchorus capsularis) and to a lesser extent from tossa jute (C. olitorius). Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. Villaseñor, J.L. Jute is an annual crop taking about 120 days (April/May-July/August) to grow. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. (1970-1995). Flora of Somalia, Vol. Sudan, β … Nicaragua, (1993). is presented, based on sequences of the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region for 144 accessions representing 47 species. Stipules lateral, usually setaceous or subacute. Brazil Northeast, Angola, Espermatofitas: 1-1576. Georgia, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Chenopodium album 11. Keywords pharmacology, constituents, Corchorus aestuans Introduction Human beings have used plants for the treatment of diverse ailments for thousands of years. (2007). Togo, Corchorus trilocularis is an annual plant growing 10 - 150cm tall. Oceanic islands 2 Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Windward Is., Uganda, The Atlas of Florida Plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Corchorus thumbnails at the Plants Gallery Jose Hernandez. Description of the genus Herbs or small shrubs, sometimes with annual stems from a woody rootstock, with simple or stellate hairs. Corchorus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. 1: 241 (1951). & Ohba, H. & Montiel, O.M. Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Flora exotica of Jammu and Kashmir (List- I) Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 36: 33-45. It is a small herb with erect, sparingly branched stems. Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. T.V. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort. Zambia, (2014). (2001). Description. Moçamb. Velayos, M., Barberá, P., Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Fero, M. & Aedo, C. (2014). (eds.) ), it is also found common in Maharashtra State and it is one of the species of My Ph.d. Topic. Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. Flora de Nicaragua Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Mali, (2006). Corchorus aestuans. Economic Aspects of the Tiliaceae: Afr. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort. (eds.) Jard. 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Wild & Gonç. (2016). Flora of West Tropical Africa A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. & Moran, R. (1989). Mexican Pacific Is., Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. (2001). (2012). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort. (2009). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. Corchorus. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice. Nelson Sutherland, C.H. Dicotyledóneas (Sabiaceae-Zygophyllaceae) Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 1-657. Leaves 2.5-7 x 1.5-3.5 cm, ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, base rounded, margins serrate, the basal pair of serrations ending in setae or not, apex acute, basally 3-5-nerved; petioles upto 3 cm long; stipules 4-8 mm long, setaceous. MIM, Deurne. The base number of chromosomes in almost all the species of Corchorus is 7 (2n = 2x = 14).). (1995). Central American Pac, Mexico Gulf, The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the University of South Florida and other herbaria. F. W. Turks-Caicos Is. 2(2): 156, fig. Description: Corchorus aestuans a common annual in waste lands from sea level to 2000 m in plains and hills throughout India. (1954-1958). Mexico Southeast, Description of the species, Details of other flora species on the same page, Uses/ harms, Distribution, Abundance/ Location/ Flowering time & … Botanical reseach institute of Texas. Corchorus aestuans 15. Leaves ovate to broadly elliptic, up to 8 × 3.5 cm, sparsely hairy on both surfaces; margins crenate-serrate. China Southeast, A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Corchorus (Grewioideae, Malvaceae s.l.) Rumex deutatus 8. (2008). Pandey, R.P. Gabon, Govaerts, R. (1999). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0, Herbarium Catalogue Specimens The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Missouri Botanical Garden. Wild, H. (1963). 240000000491 Corchorus aestuans Species 0.000 description 1 240000004792 Corchorus capsularis Species 0.000 description 1 238000005773 Enders reactions Methods 0.000 description 1 Divya Yoga Mandir Trust. Mexico Southwest, Guinea-Bissau, accepted as … Description of Values. (2016-continuously updated). The plants are tall, usually annual herbs, reaching a height of 2–4 m, unbranched or with only a few side branches. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 23. Netherlands Antilles, ascertain the nutritional composition of six Corchorus spp. (ed.) Yes, it Is Corchorus aestuans (Malvaceae. Corchorus aestuans Linnaeus also is used and cultivated for fiber production, although the fibers are weaker than those of the others. accepted as Kerria japonica (L.) DC. Flora of Tropical East Africa, Tiliaceae & Muntingiaceae: 1-120. Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Sierra Leone, Westbury Academic & Scientific Publishing, Otley. The flowers are small (2–3 cm diameter) and yellow, with five petals; the fruit is a many-seeded capsule. Fl. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ Prostrate, decumbent or sometimes erect annual or perennial, herb, 0.02-0.6(-1) m high. in Thulin, M. & Timberlake, J. Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. … Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory . Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, © Copyright Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, IPNI - The International Plant Names Index. The leaves Pages in category "Corchorus aestuans" This category contains only the following page. Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Thulin, M. The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. Description. Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). A new triterpine glycosides (capsin) and capsugenin 30-O-glucopyranoside were isolated from the leaves of Corchorus capsularis (27, 36-39). Exotic flora of the Chandauli district Uttar Pradesh, India: an overview Indian Journal of Forestry 35: 79-84. (1957). Flora Zambesiaca 2:1. Cuba, (2003). Species Corchorus acutangulus Lam. Corchorus aestuans. & Dilwakar, P.G. Eth. Pereskia bleo 4. R. Wilczek in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 10: 87 (1963). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500. Description: Branched annual herb, up to 50 cm tall, erect when young, older branches becoming prostrate. Missouri Botanical Garden. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Socotra, Ed.10,1079 (1759) Conservation Code: Not threatened Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia Name Status: Current Brief Description Amanda Spooner, Wednesday 22 September 1999. & Hewson, H.J. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015). Description of the genus Herbs or small shrubs, sometimes with annual stems from a woody rootstock, with simple or stellate hairs. Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Polygonum Glabrum 6. Western Australia, Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 217 (1950). (2015). & Borthakur, S.K. Accessed Dec. 23 2020. (eds.) Molokhia (Corchorus olitorius L., family Tillaceae) is a leafy, green, summer vegetable and medicinal plant that is a traditional dish in the Middle East and parts of Asia and Africa. Niger, Photo: Bart WurstenRoad no8 between road no4 and no11, Gorongosa National Park, Photo: Bart WurstenMueredzi, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza. Flowers in 1-3 flowered leaf-opposed sub-sessile clusters, yellow, c. 8 mm in diameter; sepals linear, pointed, as long as the petals. Fosberg, F.R. Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). Corchorus aestuans : Source: Malvales of North America Update, database (version 2011) Acquired: 2011 : Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010) Reference for: Corchorus aestuans : Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0) Acquired: 1996 : Notes: (2003). La flore des plantes vasculaires de la République du Congo: nouvelles données Systematics and Geography of Plants 79: 199-214. Danh l?c các loài th?c v?t Vi?t Nam 2: 1-1203. Flora of North America North of Mexico 6: 1-468. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. Plants generally produce many secondary metabolites which were constituted an important source of many pharmaceutical drugs [1-30]. The bark of C. capsularis and to a lesser extent that of C. olitorius constitute the chief source of the fibre jute, and these species are much cultivated in India and Bangladesh. Bahamas, Singh, A. Boulvert, Y. [1]Different common names are used in different contexts, with jute applying to the fiber produced from the plant, and mallow-leaves for the leaves used as a … Laos, Taiwan, Opuntia Dillenii 3. Peyre de Fabregues, B. Venezuela,