- 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 IPNI) : Corchorus olitorius L.
- Common name : Tossa Jute, Jew's Mallow, Nalta Jute
- Vernacular name :
- Kosth, Koshta, San-pat (Hindi)
- Sanal (Tamil)
- Parintakura (Telugu)
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- 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 : Flowers yellow; 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
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district, Kinnaur district
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Afghanistan, Andaman Islands, Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, China, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Gulf States, Hainan, In
- Exotic/Native : Native
- 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.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 120
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Corchorus olitorius. Downloaded on 9 February 2025.
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