• Family : TILIACEAE
  (Linden Or Jute Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : FALSA FAMILY (फालसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Corchorus capsularis L.
• Common name : Jute, White Jute
• Vernacular name : Pat, Tita pat, Narcha (Hindi); Senabu (Kannada); Jhutto (Oria); Nadika (Sanskrit); Chanachedi (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Degraded deciduous forests, along water courses
• Comments / notes : Cultivated for its fibre (Jute) in most tropical countries.
• Key identification features : Fruit dipressed globose
• Flower, Fruit : May-November
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Common near wet places
  • Odisha : Bolangir district, Bargarh district and also cultivated
  • Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Tiruchirapalli district
• Native : Tropics
• World Distribution : Tropical Countries
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharastra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Corchorus capsularis. Downloaded on 1 June 2025.

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