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 |
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. |