Malvaceae week :: Corchorus olitorius

[Dinesh Valke]

Corchorus olitorius L.

• KOR-koh-rus -- from the Greek kore (eye pupil) and koreo (purge)
  oli-TOR-ee-us -- from Latin (h)olitorius

Sep 29, 2007 ... somewhere in Pune


commonly known as: bristly-leaved Jew's mallow, nalta jute, tossa jute • Assamese: মৰা শাক mara shaak, তিতা মৰা tita mara • Bengali: মিঠা পাট meetha pat • Gujarati: છુઙ્છો chhunchho, ચુઙ્ચિયો chunchio • Hindi: मिठा पाट mitha paat, पाट paat, पाट साग pat-sag, पटसन patsan, पट्ट patta, तोश पाट tosha paat • Kannada: ಚುಂಚಳಿ ಗಿಡ chunchali gida • Konkani: बनपट banpat • Manipuri: limon • Marathi: मोठी चुंच mothi chunch • Nepalese: पाट् pat • Oriya: kaunria • Sanskrit: महाचञ्चु mahachanchu, पट्टशाकः pattashaakah • Tamil: காட்டுத்துத்தி kattuttuti, பெரும்பிண்ணாக்குக்கீரை perumpinnakkukkirai • Telugu: పేరంటాలికూర perantalikura

Native of: India, Pakistan, perhaps native elsewhere in tropical Asia; naturalized in tropics

• ... Sep 29, 2007 ... somewhere in Pune
• ... Oct 30, 2010 at vaghbil, Thane
• ... Oct 27, 2007 at vaghbil, Thane
• ... more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Corchorusolitorius&m=tags

Regards.
Dinesh

[Balkar Arya]

Thanks a lot Dinesh ji for these (Corchorus) postS as can now idfy MANY PICS OF MINE 

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Dr Balkar Singh
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Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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