Flower; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer
Capsules; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1528 Date of entry: 19.01.2011 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Wild jute
Kingdom: Plantae (2595)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2107)
Order: Malvales (77)
Family: Tiliaceae (6)(family description)
Genus: Corchorus (4)
Epithet: trilocularis L. (1)
trilocularis => three-chambered ovary
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
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