• Family : TILIACEAE
  (Linden Or Jute Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : FALSA FAMILY (फालसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Corchorus serratifolius DC.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Corchorus trilocularis L.
• Vernacular name : Pat (Hindi); Kaduchunchali gida, Yenne pundi gida (Kannada); Nadika (Sanskrit); Kaduchinch (Mar); Arenukam (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Common on plains and as weed of cultivation
• Key identification features : Woody herb
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Guntur district, Chittoor district,Anantapur district, Kadapa district
  • Karnataka : Kolar district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Kottayam district
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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; 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 trilocularis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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