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Corchorus
Sign in to saveCorchorus is a genus of about 40–100 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world.
Species
Japanese Kerria
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyMalvaceae
Use: Two Asiatic species (Corchorus olitorius L. and C
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,166
- With media
- 730
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, MICH, IND, UFERSA, ECOSUR, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Mexico, El Salvador, India, Panama, United States, Brasil, Belice, Tanzania
Research
400 papers- Corchorus tridens L.: A Review of Its Botany, Phytochemistry, Nutritional Content and Pharmacological Properties.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
- Pharmacological and phytochemical biodiversity of Corchorus olitorius.RSC advances · 2022
- Corchorus olitorius extract exhibit anti-hyperglycemic and anti-inflammatory properties in rodent models of obesity and diabetes mellitus.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023
- Innovative anticancer nanocomposites from Corchorus olitorius mucilage/chitosan/selenium nanoparticles.International journal of biological macromolecules · 2024
- Jute (Corchorus olitorius L.) Nanocrystalline Cellulose Inhibits Insect Virus via Gut Microbiota and Metabolism.ACS nano · 2023
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Grewioideae
- Image
- Corchorus acutangulus Blanco1.141.png
- Has use
- vegetable
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- Commons category
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- topic's main category
- Category:Corchorus
- taxon common name
- Molokha
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Uses
- Fiber
- Food
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
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.
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