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Corchorus trilocularis
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Family:
TILIACEAE
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Citation: Corchorus trilocularis L., Mant. Pl. 1: 77. 1767; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 397. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 122(87). 1915; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 93. 1990; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 488. 1993; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 482. 2005.
Corchorus serratifolius DC., Prodr. 1: 504. 1824.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Arenukam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Annual, erect or suberect herbs, much branched, 30-150 cm high. Leaves alternate, narrowly oblong-lanceolate to broadly oblong-elliptic, crenate-serrate at margin with basal most serrations extending into filiform processes or not, obtuse at apex, 1.3-10 x 0.4-3.5 cm, sparsely hairy on both surfaces especially on nerves, 3-5 nerved; petioles 4-12 mm long, pilose; stipules setose, 4-5 mm long. Flowers in 1-3 flowered leaf-opposed cymes, ca 1.2 cm across; pedicels ca 2.5 mm long, glabrous; bracts linear-lanceolate, caudate, ca 3 mm long. Sepals linear-oblong, acuminate, 4-5 mm long. Petals subpandurate obtuse, 5-6.5 mm long, yellow. Stamens 15-20. Ovary cylindric, hairy, 3-loculed; style short; stigmas 3, capitate. Capsules 3-angled, 2-7 x ca 2.5 mm, scabrous-tubercled, 3-loculed; locules septate between seeds; beak undivided, ca 2.5 mm long; seeds subtrigonous, truncate at both ends, 1-1.2 mm long, black.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Kottayam, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Alampetty, Walayar
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