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Corchorus aestuans L.
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Corchorus aestuans |
| Family name: |
MALVACEAE
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| English name: |
East Indian Mallow
Jute
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| Sinhala name: |
Jaladara (ජලාධාර)
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| Tamil name: |
Perumpinnakkukkirai
Punaku
Peratti
Kattuttuti
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| Sanskrit name: |
Chunchu
Chanchu
Chincha
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| Conservation status: |
NE - Not Evaluated - Due to exotic origin
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| Description: |
Herb, annual, sometimes suffrutescent, erect or prostrate, 30 - 60 cm tall. Leaf blade ovate, sometimes narrowly so, rounded at the base, acute at the apex, serrate along the margins, the two lowermost serrations prolonged or not into caudae to 3 mm long. Flowers oppositifolious, solitary or 2 - 3-fasciculate, yellow, short-pedicellate. Capsules erect, narrowly oblong-cylindrical, longitudinally broadly 6 (- 8)-alate, each pair of wings prolonged into a conspicuous patent bifid appendage. Seeds many, more or less rhomboid, c. 1.5 mm long, blackish.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Naturalized Exotic
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Pneumonia
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Seeds
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Stomachic
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