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Corchorus asplenifolius

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Name

Identification
Corchorus mucilagineus Gibbs [family TILIACEAE ] Verified by Wild,H., 1958 Corchorus asplenifolius Burch. [family TILIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Corchorus hirsutus
  • Corchorus trilocularis
  • Corchorus asplenifolius
  • Corchorus mucilagineus
  • Corchorus confusus
  • Corchorus psammophilus
  • Corchorus arenicola
  • Corchorus serraefolius

Flora

Entry for CORCHORUS trilocularis Linn. [family TILIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 223, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
CORCHORUS trilocularis Linn. [family TILIACEAE], ;—DC. Prod. 1. p. 504. Jacq. Hort. Vind. t. 173.
CORCHORUS asplenifolius E. Mey. [family TILIACEAE], ! non Burch.
Information
annual; leaves ovate-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or sub-acute, serrulate; peduncles opposite the leaves, equalling the petiole, 1–2-flowered; capsules slender, linear, elongate, 3–4-angled, 3–4-celled, scabrous, tapering to a blunt point. An erect or diffuse pubescent or hispid annual, 1–3 feet high. Leaves 1–2 inches long, variable in breadth and pubescence; the lowermost serratures frequently prolonged into bristles. Capsule often 4-celled, rough with minute, sharp points.
Range
A common weed in tropical Africa and Asia.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Near Port Natal, Drege! Gueinzius! Sanderson! (Herb. Hook., T.C.D., Sond.).

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