Malvaceae week :: Corchorus capsularis

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Dinesh Valke

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Corchorus capsularis L.

KOR-koh-rus -- from the Greek kore (eye pupil) and koreo (purge)
kap-SYOO-lair-iss -- with capsules

Sep 18, 2010 at Vaghbil, Thane

commonly known as: white jute • Assamese: মৰা শাক mara shaak, তিতা মৰা tita mara • Bengali: কোষ্টা koshta • Gujarati: બોર ચુઙ્ચી bor chunchi • Hindi: पट्ट शाक patta shaak, निरचा OR निर्चा nircha, निरजा niraja • Kannada: ಸೆಣಬು senabu • Konkani: तुपकटी tupkati • Marathi: चोंचे chonche, इसबंद isabanda, क्षुद्र चंचु kshudra chanchu • Sanskrit: कालशाकम् kalashaakam • Tamil: நறுவல்லி naru-valli

Distribution: (probable origin s China); widely naturalized and cultivated in tropics

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