• Family : TILIACEAE
  (Linden Or Jute Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : FALSA FAMILY (फालसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Corchorus decemangularis Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Corchorus olitorius L.
• Common name : Tossa Jute, Jew's Mallow, Nalta Jute
• Vernacular name : Kosth, Koshta, San-pat (Hindi); Sanal (Tamil); Parintakura (Telugu);
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Weed of cultivated fields
• Comments / notes : On plains up to 900m. A gregarious plant in waste places and road sides.
• Key identification features : Capsule cylindric and elongate
• Flower, Fruit : July-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Prakasam district
  • Kerala : Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Odisha : All districts of Odisha
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• Native : Tropics
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• 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 et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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 olitorius. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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