• Family : TILIACEAE
  (Linden Or Jute Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : FALSA FAMILY (फालसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Corchorus burmanni DC.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Corchorus tridens L.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Common. Also a weed of cultivation.
• Key identification features : Woody herb
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Guntur district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Maharashtra : Aurangabad district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Nashik district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Namakkal district, Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Ramanathapuram district, Thanjavur district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district, Salem district
• Native : Tropics
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; 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; Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; 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 tridens. Downloaded on 1 June 2025.

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