Corchorus tridens
L., Mant. Alt. 566 .1771; Masters in Fl. Brit. India 1: 398. 1874.
C. trilocularis auct. non L. 1767: Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 125. t.
37, f. 2. 1768. C. burmanni DC.,
Prodr.1:505. 1824.
Herbs, annual, erect or somewhat suberect, 30 -
60 cm high, glabrous. Leaves 1.5 -
12 x 0.4 - 2.2 cm, oblong-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute at apex, serrate, basal
most serrations prolonged into filiform processes or not, glabrous except for sparsely
hairy nerves, 3 - 4-nerved; petioles up to 18 mm long, hairy; stipules 3 - 4 mm long,
setaceous. Flowers 1 -
4, in leaf-opposed, shortly pedunculate cymes, subsessile, ca 1
cm across; bracts 3 -
4 mm long, subulate. Sepals 4 -
5 mm long, linear-oblong, apiculate.
Petals yellow, 3 -
4 mm long, oblong, obtuse. Stamens 10 -
15. Carpels 3; ovary cylindric,
hairy, 3-loculed; style short; stigma sparsely papillate. Capsules 1.5 -
4 cm long, ca 3 mm
across, cylindric, often curved, terminating into 3, 2-fid, spreading tips, glabrous, 3-loculed; locules aseptate between seeds. Seeds angular, obliquely truncate at both ends,
black.
Fl. & Fr. Almost throughout the year.
Distrib. Almost throughout the year.
Pantropical.
Fl. & Fr. Almost throughout the year.
Distrib. Almost throughout the year.
Pantropical.