Taxon: Corchorus capsularis L.

Common names:

• chanvre de Calcutta   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• juta   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• jute   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• Rundkapseljute   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• white jute   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• yute blanco   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Materials: fiber   (fide Dict Econ Pl; F Pak)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• widely naturalized in tropics

References:

• Babu, C. R. 1977. Herbaceous flora of Dehra Dun. (HF Dehra Dun)
• Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963–1968. Flora of Java. (F Java)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1948–1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. (Wealth India RM)
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. (F Bhutan)
• Halford, D. A. 1995. Notes on Tiliaceae in Australia 2. A revision of the simple-haired species of the genus Corchorus L. Austrobaileya 4(3):300.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
• Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). (F Chiangsu)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975–1979. Flora of Taiwan. (F Taiwan)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. (F TamilC)
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India. (F India)
• Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand. (F Thailand)
• Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. (Dict Econ Pl)
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Corchorus capsularis. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Corchorus capsularis L.:

• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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