CRGAE
Growth form
broadleaf
Biological cycle
annual
Habitat
terrestrial
synonym | Corchorus acutangulus Lam. |
synonym | Corchorus acutangulus var. brachycarpus Domin |
synonym | Corchorus aesticans Hill |
synonym | Corchorus aestuans Blanco |
synonym | Corchorus aestuans var. aestuans |
synonym | Corchorus aestuans var. brevicaulis (Hosok.) T.S.Liu & H.C.Lo |
synonym | Corchorus brevicaulis Hosok. |
synonym | Corchorus campestris Macfad. |
synonym | Corchorus furcatus G.Don |
synonym | Corchorus fuscus Roxb. |
synonym | Corchorus oppositiflorus Hassk. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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fruit with winged longitudinal ribs | C. aestuans | |||
Fruit without ribs | Short Capsule (15 mm) | C. fascicularis | ||
Long Capsule (30 mm) | Capsules ending with 3 tines | C. tridens | ||
Capsule ending in a curve-like structure | capsule with 3 loculus | C. trilocularis | ||
capsule with 5 loculus | C. olitorius |
No filament at the base of the leaf | C. fascicularis | ||
Filaments at the base of the leaf (auricles) | Large oval leaves | Bright green foliage | C. aestuans |
Dark green foliage | C. olitorius | ||
Lance-shaped leaves | Young stems densely hairy | C. trilocularis | |
Young stems hairless | C. tridens |
Corchorus olitorius exibits significant leaf polymorphism. There are sharply dentated leaves in forms, or even laciniate, whose appearance is very different from the average type. The leaves can also be narrow, resulting in a risk of confusion with C.trilocularis and C. tridens.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Corchorus aestuans is a plant of ruderal areas, along rivers and irrigation canals of rice cultivations.
Mayotte: Corchorus aestuans is an exotic ruderal species that occurs in a wide range of secondarized environments from the driest islets and points to the cultivated and urban areas of the center of the island.
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Corchorus aestuans is widely distributed in the tropics.
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Local harmfulness
Benin: Corchorus aestuans is common and scarce.
Ivory Coast: common and scarce.
Ghana: rare and scarce.
Mayotte: Corchorus aestuans is an uncommon weed. It is present in 6% of cultivated plots; more particularly in vegetable and forage crops, especially in the south of the island.
Senegal: rare and scarce.
Uganda: rare and scarce.
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Medicinal: Corchorus aestuans contains therapeutic compounds used as herbal drugs are: Vitamin C, b-sitosterol, cardenolides (glucoside A, B and C). The whole plant is used in the treatment of fever and stomach ache while seeds are used in the treatment of gonorrhea and tonic.
Other: Corchorus aestuans fibers are used to make ropes.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Licenses | CC_BY |
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Corchorus%2520aestuans
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Malvales |
Family | Malvaceae |
Genus | Corchorus |
Species | Corchorus aestuans L. |