• 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 fascicularis Lam.
• Vernacular name : Chunchali soppu (Kannada); Bahuphalli, Kiram kuri, Motibahuthali (Marathi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Drying ditchers in scrub jungle
• Comments / notes : Common in most dry deciduous forests, especially in black cotton soils along the ghats.
• Flower, Fruit : September-February
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy; B.R. Ramesh & S.R. Ramesh
• Collection Date : 02-01-2016; 17-11-1979
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-268; KFP 10504
• Collection Locality : Mobbuchintalapalle, Kadapa district (AP); Bellary, Bellary district (KA)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
  • Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district, Nagpur district, Yavatmal district
  • Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
  • Tamil Nadu : Ramanathapuram district, Cuddalore district, Thanjavur district, Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Australia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Arabia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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 fascicularis. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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