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Corchorus aestuans L.

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Corchorus aestuans L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCorchorus acutangulus Lam.
synonymCorchorus campestris Macfad.
synonymCorchorus furcatus G.Don
synonymCorchorus fuscus Roxb.
synonymCorchorus oppositiflorus Hassk.
🗒 Common Names
Bengali
  • Tita Pat
Gujarati
  • ચુંચ Chunch
Hindi
  • Chonch
  • Hade-ka-khet
Kannada
  • Chanchu Gida
Manipuri
  • লিমোন Limon
Other
  • East Indian Mallow
  • Jute
  • West African Mallow
Sanskrit
  • चुञ्चु Chunchuh
Telugu
  • Kajati
  • Kalasa
  • నేల బెర Nela Bera
  • పట్ట Patta
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Herb
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Habit: A much branched subshrub, upto 75cm.
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        Annual, much branched, spreading herbs; stems pilose, often reddish. 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. Flowers 2-3 in leaf-opposed, shortly pedunculate cymes; pedicels c. 2 mm long. Sepals 5, 3-4 mm long, linear-oblong, hooded and apiculate. Petals 5, yellow, 3-5 mm long, obovate, obtuse. Stamens many. Ovary c. 2 mm long, cylindric, 3-loculed; style 3-fid; stigma 2-lobed. Capsules 1-3 x 0.4-0.6 cm, 6-angled, 3 of the angles winged, 3-loculed. Seeds numerous, dark brown.
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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          Habit: Undershrub
          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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            📚 Natural History
            Cyclicity
            Flowering and fruiting: August-February
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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              Morphology
              Flower

              In leaf-opposed cymes, 3-flowered, yellow. Flowering throughout the year.

              Fruit

              A terete capsule, angular, 3-winged, beak 3-fid, radiating; seeds numerous, truncate. Fruiting throughout the year.

              Field tips

              Leaves 3-4-nerved from base, basal serrature filiform.

              Leaf Arrangement

              Alternate distichous

              Leaf Type

              Simple

              Leaf Shape

              Ovate-elliptic or oblong

              Leaf Apex

              Obtuse-subacute

              Leaf Base

              Obtuse-subacute

              Leaf Margin

              Serrate

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                Miscellaneous Details
                Notes: Degraded deciduous forests, also in the wastelands
                G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                  📚 Habitat and Distribution
                  General Habitat
                  Waste places, fallow fields, jungles
                  Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                    Degraded deciduous forests, also in the wastelands
                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                      Description
                      Found in arable lands, fallow fields and agricultural lands from plains to 1000m. Common. C.America, tropical Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malesia and Australia.
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                        Global Distribution

                        India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh

                        Indian Distribution

                        Assam

                        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                          Global Distribution

                          Pantropical

                          Indian distribution

                          State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                            Maharashtra: Common throughout Karnataka: Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, S. Kanara Kerala: All districts
                            G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                            Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                              📚 Occurrence
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                              📚 Uses and Management
                              Uses

                              System of Medicines Used In

                              Ayurveda
                              Ayurveda
                              A common weed of cultivable lands.
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                                System Of Medicines Used In

                                Ayurveda

                                FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=638
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                                  📚 Information Listing
                                  References
                                  1. Corchorus aestuans L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1079. 1759; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 53. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 82. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 69. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 84. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 92. 1990; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 485. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 89. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 46. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 19. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 71. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 105. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 43. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 35. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 98. 2005; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 480. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 142. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 168. 2009.
                                  2. Corchorus acutangulus Lam., Encycl. 2: 104. 1786 non Forssk. 1775; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 398. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 121(86). 1915.
                                  1. Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                                  1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=638
                                  Information Listing > References
                                  1. Corchorus aestuans L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1079. 1759; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 53. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 82. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 69. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 84. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 92. 1990; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 485. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 89. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 46. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 19. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 71. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 105. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 43. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 35. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 98. 2005; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 480. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 142. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 168. 2009.
                                  2. Corchorus acutangulus Lam., Encycl. 2: 104. 1786 non Forssk. 1775; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 398. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 121(86). 1915.
                                  3. Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                                  4. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=638

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                                  📚 Meta data
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                                  🐾 Taxonomy
                                  RootRoot
                                  KingdomPlantae
                                  PhylumTracheophyta
                                  ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                                  OrderMalvales Juss.
                                  FamilyMalvaceae Juss.
                                  GenusCorchorus
                                  SpeciesCorchorus aestuans L.
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