Corchorus trilocularis Auct.
Common Name : Cotton weed
Family : Tiliaceae

HABIT |
AN ERECT OR SUBERECT, ANNUAL HERB, 30-60 CM TALL. |
STEMS |
STEM AND BRANCHES GLABROUS. |
LEAVES |
3-4 COSTATE, OBLONG-LANCEOLATE OR LINEAR-LANCEOLATE OR SOMEWHAT ELLIPTIC-OBOVATE, 1.5-9 CM LONG, 0.6- 2.2 CM BROAD, CRENATE-SERRATE, BASAL SERRATURES PROLONGED INTO FILIFORM SPREADING APPENDAGES OR NOT, ACUTE. |
FLOWERS |
CYME 1-4 FLOWERED, ANTIPHYLLOUS, SHORT PEDUNCLED. FLOWERS YELLOW, 1 CM ACROSS, SUBSESSILE. |
FRUITS |
CAPSULES 1-3 TOGETHER, ERECT, CYLINDRICAL, 1.5-4 CM LONG, 2 MM IN DIAMETER, NOT RIBBED, GLABROUS, TERMINATED BY 3 SPREADING BIFID TIPS, 3-LOCULED, LOCULES ASEPTATE. |
SEEDS |
ANGULAR, OBLIQUELY TRUNCATE AT BOTH ENDS, BLACK. |