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Corchorus
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.
59 branches of this genus, most-observed first
East Indian Mallow
speciesCorchorus aestuans
Jute
speciesCorchorus olitorius
Gusha
speciesCorchorus asplenifolius
jackswitch
speciesCorchorus hirsutus
Slippery Burr
speciesCorchorus siliquosus
Corchorus hirtus
speciesCorchorus hirtus
Bushveld Gusha
speciesCorchorus confusus
Corchorus kirkii
speciesCorchorus kirkii
Corchorus capsularis
speciesCorchorus capsularis
white jute
speciesCorchorus trilocularis
Wild Jute
speciesCorchorus tridens
Orinoco jute
speciesCorchorus orinocensis
Corchorus depressus
speciesCorchorus depressus
native jute
speciesCorchorus cunninghamii
Woolly Corchorus
speciesCorchorus walcottii
Corchorus erodioides
speciesCorchorus erodioides
Corchorus crozophorifolius
speciesCorchorus crozophorifolius
Corchorus sidoides
speciesCorchorus sidoides
Corchorus lasiocarpus
speciesCorchorus lasiocarpus
Corchorus junodii
speciesCorchorus junodii
Corchorus incanus
speciesCorchorus incanus
Corchorus sericeus
speciesCorchorus sericeus
Corchorus fascicularis
speciesCorchorus fascicularis
Longstalk Gusha
speciesCorchorus longipedunculatus
Corchorus argillicola
speciesCorchorus argillicola
Corchorus parviflorus
speciesCorchorus parviflorus
Corchorus pumilio
speciesCorchorus pumilio
Corchorus pascuorum
speciesCorchorus pascuorum
Corchorus torresianus
speciesCorchorus torresianus
Corchorus reynoldsiae
speciesCorchorus reynoldsiae
Corchorus elachocarpus
speciesCorchorus elachocarpus
Corchorus neocaledonicus
speciesCorchorus neocaledonicus
Sandy Gusha
speciesCorchorus psammophilus
Corchorus velutinus
speciesCorchorus velutinus
Corchorus drysdalensis
speciesCorchorus drysdalensis
Corchorus hygrophilus
speciesCorchorus hygrophilus
Corchorus pinnatipartitus
speciesCorchorus pinnatipartitus
Corchorus urticifolius
speciesCorchorus urticifolius
Corchorus subargenteus
speciesCorchorus subargenteus
Corchorus congener
speciesCorchorus congener
Corchorus leptocarpus
speciesCorchorus leptocarpus
Corchorus schimperi
speciesCorchorus schimperi
Corchorus sulcatus
speciesCorchorus sulcatus
Corchorus angolensis
speciesCorchorus angolensis
Corchorus merxmuelleri
speciesCorchorus merxmuelleri
Corchorus thozetii
speciesCorchorus thozetii
Corchorus carnarvonensis
speciesCorchorus carnarvonensis
Corchorus tomentellus
speciesCorchorus tomentellus
Corchorus elderi
speciesCorchorus elderi
Corchorus aulacocarpus
speciesCorchorus aulacocarpus
Corchorus fitzroyensis
speciesCorchorus fitzroyensis
Corchorus laniflorus
speciesCorchorus laniflorus
Corchorus macropetalus
speciesCorchorus macropetalus
Corchorus macropterus
speciesCorchorus macropterus
Corchorus mitchellensis
speciesCorchorus mitchellensis
Corchorus obclavatus
speciesCorchorus obclavatus
Corchorus puberulus
speciesCorchorus puberulus
Corchorus sublatus
speciesCorchorus sublatus
Corchorus tectus
speciesCorchorus tectus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 157109.