Flora of North America North of Mexico 6: 1-468. Corchorus Capsularis 14. A checklist of angiospermic plants of Manas national park in Assam, India Pleione 3: 190-200. © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Kumar, S. (2012). (eds.). Fosberg, F.R. Govaerts, R. (1999). Danh l?c các loài th?c v?t Vi?t Nam 2: 1-1203. The flowers are small (2–3 cm diameter) and yellow, with five petals; the fruit is a many-seeded capsule. Honduras, (Includes a picture). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Cuba, M. Thulin et al. Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. Pandey, R.P. Westbury Academic & Scientific Publishing, Otley. Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. About Corchorus aestuans Plant : Habit : An annual much-branched herb with more or less pubescent branches. Christmas I., East Himalaya, Dept. (2014). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. long; horns entire or sometimes bifid; valves only shallowly hollowed out to contain the seeds on the inner surface. Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. Corchorus aestuans L. Herb: Moist Localities: Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Mexico Northwest, The base number of chromosomes in almost all the species of Corchorus is 7 (2n = 2x = 14).). Balkrishna, A. Branches covered in long hairs, often mostly on one side. Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015). Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 80. Species Corchorus acutangulus Lam. Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. & Ohba, H. The leaves are alternate, simple, lanceolate, 5–15 cm long, with an acuminate tip and a finely serrated or lobed margin. R. Wilczek in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 10: 87 (1963). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India Nelumbo 54: 39-91. 2020. Abstract. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0, Flora of Somalia (1982). accepted as … Plants were collected both from wild and cultivated sites and samples included leaves and seeds for the electrophoretic study. are found in North Bengal. (ed.) Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort. Description: Branched annual herb, up to 50 cm tall, erect when young, older branches becoming prostrate. Paul E. Alele. & Mosnier, M. (1972). MIM, Deurne. A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655. Mauritania, Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory . Flora of Tropical East Africa. Mapaura, A. & Huber, O. Mozambique, Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis). 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS, Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. Lachenaud, O. Senegal, Biological TypebroadleafCodeCRGAEHabitatterrestrialLife Formannual Description: Corchorus aestuans a common annual in waste lands from sea level to 2000 m in plains and hills throughout India. Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Socotra, Corchorus species are used as medicinal plants (C. olitorius , C. capsularis and C. aestuans are used as general healers and a remedy for heart disease, enemas, Shaheen, H., Qureshi, R., Akram, A., Gulfraz, M. & Potter, D. (2014). Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Description of Values. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. Ananda Rao, T. & Ellis, J.L. 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. Corchorus aestuans; Media in category "Corchorus aestuans" The following 22 files are in this category, out of 22 total. 2(2): 156, fig. p. 515 (1958). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. (eds.) Chenopodium album 11. Corchorus. Cameroon, Leaf blade ovate, sometimes narrowly so, rounded at the base, acute at the apex, serrate along the margins, the two lowermost serrations prolonged or not into caudae to 3 mm long. (2013). Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo. ... Corchorus aestuans JSTOR Plant Science: Corchorus aestuans Kew Herbarium catalogue: Corchorus aestuans Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Corchorus aestuans and Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Flora de Nicaragua Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Accessed Dec. 23 2020. Polygonum Glabrum 6. Branches covered in long hairs, often mostly on one side. Laccadive Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by Sebsebe Demissew [updated by M. Thulin 2008]. University of Guyana, Georgetown. Sri Lanka, Corchorus aestuans from a village near Samalkha Panipat Wild, about 1.5 feet high with ribbed fruits about 2 cm long. Leaf blade ovate, sometimes narrowly so, rounded at the base, acute at the apex, serrate along the margins, the two lowermost serrations prolonged or not into caudae to 3 mm long. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. West Himalaya, & Keay, R.W.J. Flora of Somalia, Vol. Plants generally produce many secondary metabolites which were constituted an important source of many pharmaceutical drugs [1-30]. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. ), it is also found common in Maharashtra State and it is one of the species of My Ph.d. Topic. Invasive alien flora of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Southern Eastern Ghats, India Indian Forester 144: 857-862. (1999). Hillsborough Co.: Property of the Northwest Hillsborough County Mitigation Bank, in Wetland Creation Area G, near the perimeter fence at the S end of the site; near the intersection of Race Track Road and South Mobley Road, ca. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. International Plant Names Index. Browse 1,192,000 global plant names, 98,200 detailed descriptions, and 247,500 images with an initial focus on tropical Africa Haiti, Branched annual herb, up to 50 cm tall, erect when young, older branches becoming prostrate. (2012). Brazil Northeast, Sheppard, C.R.C. Sikarwar, R.L.S. Liberia, (2007). Netherlands Antilles, Oman, (eds.) (2011). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento. & Timberlake, J. The leaves Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice. Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, Flora Zambesiaca 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 Reference page. Several other genera from the subfamily Grewioideae, namely Pseudocorchorus, Triumfetta, Sparrmannia, Entelea, and Grewia, were included as outgroups. Corchorus aestuans jute Corchorus capsularis jute Corchorus hirsutus jackswitch Corchorus hirtus Orinoco jute Corchorus olitorius nalta jute Corchorus siliquosus slippery burr Corchorus torresianus . South China Sea, Velayos, M., Barberá, P., Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Fero, M. & Aedo, C. (2014). & Seaward, M.R.D. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Corchorus aestuans L. Weed type: Broadleaf. Pakistan, 2: 1-238. Opuntia Dillenii 3. Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. Pereskia bleo 4. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the University of South Florida and other herbaria. Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Polygonum barbatum 9. & Meave, J.A. Society Is., Fl. Description. Nicaragua, (1999). The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps. : 28, 117, fig. (1993). Dicotyledóneas (Sabiaceae-Zygophyllaceae) Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 1-657. 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. Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia Corchorus aestuans L. Syst.Nat. (eds.) Flora of Japan IIc: 1-328. Bangladesh, is presented, based on sequences of the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region for 144 accessions representing 47 species. Wild in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 87, t. 8/e (1963). For any mistake in identification or for becoming efloraofindia e-group member (for contributing towards building of efloraofindia or otherwise), pl. (1970-1995). & Boudet, G. (1991). (eds.) Value Class Food Central American Pac, Corchorus aestuans jute Corchorus capsularis jute Corchorus hirsutus jackswitch Corchorus hirtus Orinoco jute Corchorus olitorius nalta jute Corchorus siliquosus slippery burr Corchorus torresianus . & Hewson, H.J. The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Prostrate to ascending annual herb to 25 cm; stems pilose, more so on one side. … W of Citrus Park. Sierra Leone, The Atlas of Florida Plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. (2009). T.V. Kenya, Leaves ovate to broadly elliptic, up to 8 × 3.5 cm, sparsely hairy on both surfaces; margins crenate-serrate. Corchorus aestuans. Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). and to find out possible ways for their enhancement. Muntigia calabura L. is a garden shrub. Abstract. Central African Repu, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0, Flora of West Tropical Africa 1963, Andaman Is., The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. Maliya, S.D. Burkina, Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 16. Keywords pharmacology, constituents, Corchorus aestuans Introduction Human beings have used plants for the treatment of diverse ailments for thousands of years. Villaseñor, J.L. 240000000491 Corchorus aestuans Species 0.000 description 1 240000004792 Corchorus capsularis Species 0.000 description 1 238000005773 Enders reactions Methods 0.000 description 1 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. Lê, T.C. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Global description: Prostrate to ascending herb of about 25 cm long but can grow up to 1 m tall. 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. (2012). Turner, I.M. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0, Herbarium Catalogue Specimens Description: Herb, annual, sometimes suffrutescent, erect or prostrate, 30 – 60 cm tall. Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. β … A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Cereus Flagelliformis 5. Flora exotica of Jammu and Kashmir (List- I) Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 36: 33-45. Flora of West Pakistan 1-131. 2/f, map 7 (1990). & Wild, H. Guinea-Bissau, Guatemala, Bot. Maldives, Volumen VIII. Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. Costa Rica, Flora of Somalia 2: 1-303. A new triterpine glycosides (capsin) and capsugenin 30-O-glucopyranoside were isolated from the leaves of Corchorus capsularis (27, 36-39). © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, Kew Backbone Distributions Whitehouse, C., Cheek, M., Andrews, S. & Verdcourt, B. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort. Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. Prostrate, decumbent or sometimes erect annual or perennial, herb, 0.02-0.6(-1) m high. Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Missouri Botanical Garden. (2009). Description of the genus Herbs or small shrubs, sometimes with annual stems from a woody rootstock, with simple or stellate hairs. Description of Values. Zaïre, India, Peyre de Fabregues, B. Dominican Republic, This herbarium is recognized internationally by the acronym ‘JCB’. 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. Missouri Botanical Garden. Description of the genus Herbs or small shrubs, sometimes with annual stems from a woody rootstock, with simple or stellate hairs. Jacobs in Phyton 61: 97, fig. Mexico Southeast, Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. The results can also be downloaded as a CSV file (Unicode UTF-8 encoding).. See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions. β … Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone (2015). Prostrate, decumbent or sometimes erect annual or perennial, herb, 0.02-0.6(-1) m high. Stipules lateral, usually setaceous or subacute. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Brazil North, Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. Published on the internet. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. & Timberlake, J. It is a small herb with erect, sparingly branched stems. Yes, it Is Corchorus aestuans (Malvaceae. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien. Corchorus aestuans is an annual plant with erect, sparingly branched stems, growing about 40cm tall Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ Somalia, Ovate, acute, green leaves have serrated margins. Myanmar, Turks-Caicos Is. A complete overview of the known animal, plant and fungi species biodiversity in the Dutch Caribbean islands Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten. Photo: Bart WurstenRoad no8 between road no4 and no11, Gorongosa National Park, Photo: Bart WurstenMueredzi, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza. Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. Results. Onana, J.M. It is a small herb with erect, sparingly branched stems. Triumfetta pentandra 16. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé. Flowers in 1-3 flowered leaf-opposed sub-sessile clusters, yellow, c. 8 mm in diameter; sepals linear, pointed, as long as the petals. Angola, Leaves of Corchorus capsularis contained flavonoids, triterpenes, saponins, glucoside, capsularin which seems to be related to corchorin and steroids. (1999). Sarmah, K.K. J.Cramer, Vaduz. Ovate, acute, green leaves have serrated margins. (ed.) Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (2001). & Diniz, M.A. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Angol. K. Schum. (1995 publ. French Guiana, 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: Ghana, (2001). Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ 2, 1: 1-828. Flora Zambesiaca & Dilwakar, P.G. China Southeast, Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. (2018). Leaves : Ovate, acute, serrate, the lower serratures on each side usually produced into filiform appendages, glabrous, base rounded, petioles slender, hairy, stipules lanceolate, acicular. & Borthakur, S.K. Description: Herb, annual, sometimes suffrutescent, erect or prostrate, 30 – 60 cm tall. The leavesare alternate, simple, lanceolate, 5–15 cm long, with an acuminate tip and a finely serrated or lobed margin. (2015). (eds.) Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. (eds) (2004). Ethiopia, Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Tanzania, Benin, A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. The collection consists of more than 14,000 specimens of vascular plants, and Lichens. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. 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: (2012). Guinea, Family Name: Malvaceae: Currently Accepted Name: Corchorus aestuans L. : Locality: USA. (2008). Corchorus. Description. Corchorus capsularis Linnaeus and C. olitorius Linnaeus have been domesticated for production of bast fibers and are the commercially important cultivated species. Singh, A. 1958, Tiliaceae, H. Wild. (1954-1958). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. Mali, Jute is extracted from the bark of the white jute plant (Corchorus capsularis) and to a lesser extent from tossa jute (C. olitorius). Jamaica, Levin, G.A. (2012). Beta vulgaris 12. Corchorus aestuans L. non Forsk. Illustrated weed flora of Cotton crop of Khairpur district, Sindh, Pakistan Pakistn Journal of Botany 46: 5-12. Corchorus is a genus of about 40-100 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. Wild, H. (1963). Please enter the date on which you consulted the system. Corchorus, genus of some 40–100 species of flowering plants of the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae). (2006). Corchorus aestuans. Flora Zambesiaca 2:1. Bahamas, 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. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Featured: Lysimachia arvensis From Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0, Flora of Tropical East Africa Corchorus aestuans; වෙරළු[Weralu]/Wild Olive (Elaeocarpus serratus) ... Ornate paradisefish - Malpulutta - Description: The fish is dull brown colored , dorsally darker. Cotyledons: First leaves: General habit: Prostrate or ascending herb. Corchorus Sp. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. Malawi,