Corchorus capsularis L.

Common Name : White jute
Family : Tiliaceae

HABIT

A LARGE, GLABROUS, ANNUAL HERB OR UNDERSHRUB.

STEMS

UP TO 3 M TALL.

LEAVES

3-5 COSTATE, OVATE-LANCEOLATE OR LINEAR-LANCEOLATE, 5.5-15 CM LONG, 1.5-8 CM BROAD, ACUTE OR ACUMINATE, COARSELY SERRATE, BASAL SERRATURES BACKWARDLY PROLONGED INTO SETACEOUS
APPENDAGES.

FLOWERS

YELLOW, 8-10 MM ACROSS, PEDICELLATE.

FRUITS

CAPSULE SUBGLOBOSE-GLOBOSE, 10-12 MM IN DIAMETER, BEAKLESS AND DEPRESSED AT APEX, SCABROUS, RIDGED, TUBERCULATE OR MURICATE, 5- LOCULED, LOCULES ASEPTATE.

SEEDS

CUNEIFORM, 2 MM LONG, BROWN, GLABROUS.