Corchorus
Genus of flowering plants in the mallow family / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the plants. For the fiber derived from these plants, see Jute. For the vegetable obtained from these plants, see Mulukhiyah. For other plants also known as 'mallows', see Mallow.
Corchorus is a genus of about 40–100 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world.[1]
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Corchorus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Subfamily: | Grewioideae |
Genus: | Corchorus L. |
Species | |
About 40–100 species, including:
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Different common names are used in different contexts, with jute applying to the fiber produced from the plant, and jute mallow leaves for the leaves used as a vegetable.