Jute (Corchorus aestuans)
Description
Corchorus aestuans is an annual plant with erect, sparingly branched stems, growing about 40cm tall The plant yields a fibre and edible leaves. It is harvested from the wild for local use and is sometimes also cultivated as a fibre plant in tropical W Africa, sometimes also in SE Asia A weed of waste ground from sea level to 2,000 metres. Grassy savannah, fallow land; sandy riverbeds; small alluvial depressions; on heavy alluvial soils; in clay near granitic outcrops at elevations up to 1,350 metres in Somalia.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malvales
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Family: Malvaceae
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Genus: Corchorus
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