Botany

Corchorus

Corchorus is a genus of about 40–100 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. Different common names are used in different contexts, with jute applying to the fiber produced from the plant, and jute mallow leaves for the leaves used as a vegetable.

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• ▸Gymnostachys
• ▸Captain Lelièvre's Heroic Defence at Mazagran
• ▸Dianthus caespitosus

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