Category: Corchorus

Corchorus urticifolius Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 73 1834. (syn: Corchorus flexuosus Thunb.; Corchorus quinquenervis Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Corchorus subscandens Wall.); . Myanmar [Burma], India (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Sri Lanka, peninsular Malaysia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania as per CoL; . Annual herbs, erect, to 1 m high, pubescent. Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or […]

Corchorus fascicularis Lam., Encycl. 2: 104 1786. (syn: Corchorus brachycarpus Guill. & Perr.); Mauritania, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Senegal, ?Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Central African Republic, D.R.Congo (Zaire), Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland), Arabia, Myanmar [Burma], India […]

Corchorus olitorius ?; . Requesting ID of this plant – Mumbai :09082013 : ARK-01 : August 2013 : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 2 authors. Requesting to please ID this plant captured growing wild by the roadside in Mumbai in August 2013. Please note the base of the leaves, I did not notice these structures on other similar looking plants at […]

Corchorus aestuans L. ?; . “For Id 090614CS1” : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1). It is a variety of green leafy vegetable consumed by the Oraon community of District Gumla, Jharkhand”. Date/ Time of sample collection- 13/03/2013. 23. 46’17.99” N,   86.13’55.24” E, elevation 222m, eye altitude 1.37 km. Location- Village Nawagarh, District Gumla, Jharkhand Seems a Corchorus […]

Corchorus tridens L., Mant. Pl. 2: 566 1771. (Syn: Corchorus burmanni DC.; Corchorus patens Lehm.; Corchorus senegalensis Juss. ex Steud.; Corchorus tridens var. euryphyllus Domin; Corchorus trilocularis Burm.f. [Illegitimate]); . Almost throughout the year; Pantropical as per BSI flora of India; .  Flora of Panipat: Corchorus tridens from a village near Samalkha Panipat Haryana:  Attachments (9) […]

Corchorus trilocularis L., Mant. Pl. 1: 77 1767. (syn. Corchorus aestuans Forssk. [Illegitimate]; Corchorus asplenifolius E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond.; Corchorus fruticulosus Vis.; Corchorus rigidiusculus Domin; Corchorus serrifolius DC.; Corchorus somalicus Gand.; Corchorus triflorus Bojer); India: Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and […]

     26.09.10- Wada region, Maharashtra; For ID 261010 ET – efloraofindia | Google Groups   9th of October, 2009….12.20pm: Nasik;  Request for ID: 160310-AK-1 – efloraofindia | Google Groups      Flower For ID.Is it Wadelia urticaefolia?:  Posting a photo for Id of flower. Is it Wadelia urticaefolia? Date / Time – 18.09. 2011 / […]

Corchorus olitorius L., Sp. Pl. 529 1753. (Syn: Corchorus catharticus Blanco; Corchorus decemangularis Roxb. ex G.Don; Corchorus malchairii De Wild.; Corchorus olitorius var. australiensis Domin; Corchorus olitorius var. incisifolius Asch. & Schweinf.; Corchorus olitorius var. malchairii (De Wild.) R. Wilczek; Corchorus quinquelocularis Moench); . India (widespread), Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, N.W.Frontier Prov., Kurram, Swat, Hazara, Pakistani […]

Corchorus depressus (L.) Stocks, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 367 1848. (Syn: Antichorus depressus L.; Corchorus antichorus Raeusch. [Illegitimate]; Corchorus depressus (L.) C. Chr.; Corchorus humilis Munro ex Stocks; Corchorus microphyllus Fresen.; Jussiaea edulis Forssk. (Unresolved));   Vern.: Boh Phali, Bahu Phali, Munderi, Khurand;  India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, […]

Corchorus capsularis L., Sp. Pl. 529 1753. (Syn: Corchorus cordifolius Salisb.; Corchorus marua Buch.-Ham. [Invalid]; Rhizanota cannabina Lour. ex Gomes Mach. (Unresolved)); . India: Throughout; Cultivated in most tropical countries for the jute of commerce as per BSI flora of India; . KOR-koh-rus — from the Greek kore (eye pupil) and koreo (purge) kap-SYOO-lair-iss — with capsules […]

Corchorus aestuans L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10 2: 1079 1759. (syn. Corchorus acutangulus Lam.; Corchorus acutangulus var. brachycarpus Domin; Corchorus aesticans Hill; Corchorus aestuans var. brevicaulis (Hosok.) T.S.Liu & H.C.Lo; Corchorus brevicaulis Hosok.; Corchorus campestris Macfad.; Corchorus furcatus G.Don; Corchorus fuscus Roxb.; Corchorus oppositiflorus Hassk.); . India: Common throughout, in moist situations; Pantropical as per BSI […]