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Corchorus olitorius - Foliage and flowers - Click to enlarge!

Foliage and flowers; Makutupora, Dodoma Region, Tanzania; 3/2015 © Alexandra Schappert

Corchorus olitorius - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania; 2/2016 © Hadijah Mbwana

Corchorus olitorius - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania; 2/2016 © Hadijah Mbwana

Corchorus olitorius - Leaf base - Click to enlarge!

Leaf base; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer

Corchorus olitorius - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania; 2/2016 © Hadijah Mbwana

Corchorus olitorius - Fruits - Click to enlarge!

Fruits; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer

Corchorus olitorius - Harvested leaves for cooking - Click to enlarge!

Harvested leaves for cooking; Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania; 2/2016 © Hadijah Mbwana

Dataset

Identifier: 791
Date of entry: 26.04.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Jew's Mallow

German: Langkapselige Jute

Mandarin: 长蒴黄麻 (chang shuo huang ma)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Malvales (80)

        Family: Tiliaceae (7)(family description)

          Genus: Corchorus (4)

            Epithet: olitorius L. (1)

olitorius => of domestic use

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical, tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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