Corchorus capsularis
L., Sp. Pl. 529.1753; Masters in Fl. Brit. India 1: 391.1814.
Asm.: Marasaq, Tita-mura-pat; Beng.: Nalita, Nalitapat, Narcha Pat; Hindi: Narcha;
Kan.: Senabu; Sans.: Kalasaka; Tam.: Chanal; Eng.: jute.
Herbs, annual, erect, much branched, robust, 1 - 2.5 m high, glabrous. Leaves 5 - 15 x 1.5 - 8 cm, oblong, ovate-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, rounded at base, acute to acuminate at apex, serrate, basal most serrations prolonged into filiform proeesses; petioles up to 4 cm long, pubescent; stipules 6 - 10 mm long, linear. Flowers 1 or 2 in axillary or leaf-opposed cymes, subsessile, 8 - 10 mm across; bracts 2 - 3 mm long, linear-ovate. Sepals 4 - 5 mm long, linear-oblong. Petals 3 - 5 mm long, obovate, notched at apex, yellow. Stamens 20 - 30. Carpels 5; ovary subglobose, glabrous, 5-loculed. Capsules ca 1 cm across, globose to subglobose, truncate and depressed at apex, longitudinally grooved, scabrous, wrinkled, muricate or tuberculate, 5-loculed; locules aseptate; seeds ca 3 x 1 mm, cuneiform, glabrous, brown.
Fl. & Fr. July - Nov.
Distrib. India: Throughout.
Notes. Cultivated in most tropical countries for the jute of commerce.
Herbs, annual, erect, much branched, robust, 1 - 2.5 m high, glabrous. Leaves 5 - 15 x 1.5 - 8 cm, oblong, ovate-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, rounded at base, acute to acuminate at apex, serrate, basal most serrations prolonged into filiform proeesses; petioles up to 4 cm long, pubescent; stipules 6 - 10 mm long, linear. Flowers 1 or 2 in axillary or leaf-opposed cymes, subsessile, 8 - 10 mm across; bracts 2 - 3 mm long, linear-ovate. Sepals 4 - 5 mm long, linear-oblong. Petals 3 - 5 mm long, obovate, notched at apex, yellow. Stamens 20 - 30. Carpels 5; ovary subglobose, glabrous, 5-loculed. Capsules ca 1 cm across, globose to subglobose, truncate and depressed at apex, longitudinally grooved, scabrous, wrinkled, muricate or tuberculate, 5-loculed; locules aseptate; seeds ca 3 x 1 mm, cuneiform, glabrous, brown.
Fl. & Fr. July - Nov.
Distrib. India: Throughout.
Notes. Cultivated in most tropical countries for the jute of commerce.
