Corchorus olitorius L.
Common Name : Jew’s mallow
Family : Tiliaceae

HABIT |
AN ERECT, SUBGLABROUS, ANNUAL OR BIENNIAL HERB, UP TO 2 M TALL. |
STEMS |
BASALLY WOODY, BRANCHED. |
LEAVES |
3-5 COSTATE, LANCEOLATE TO OVATE-LANCEOLATE, 2.2-9 CM LONG, 1.8-4.2 CM BROAD, GLABROUS EXCEPT THE SCATTERED HAIRY VEINS, SERRATE, BASAL SERRATURES PROLONGED INTO FILIFORM DEFLEXED APPENDAGES, ACUTE OR ACUMINATE. |
FLOWERS |
CYME 1 OR 2-FLOWERED, ANTIPHYLLOUS, SHORTLY PEDUNCULATE. FLOWERS YELLOW, 12-15 MM ACROSS; SUBSESSILE |
FRUITS |
CAPSULES 1 OR 2 TOGETHER, 2-7.2 CM LONG, WITH 4-5 MM LONG, ENTIRE BEAK, 4-5 MM ACROSS, 10-ANGLED, GLABROUS, 5-LOCULED, LOCULES TRANSVERSELY SEPTATE. |
SEEDS |
GREENISH-BLACK, TRIANGULAR, OVATE, 2 MM LONG. |