''Corchorus'' is a
genus
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of about 40–100
species
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Malvaceae
Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...
, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world.
Different
common names
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are used in different contexts, with
jute
Jute ( ) is a long, rough, shiny bast fibre that can be Spinning (textiles), spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from flowering plants in the genus ''Corchorus'', of the mallow family Malvaceae. The primary source of the fiber is ...
applying to the
fiber
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produced from the plant, and jute mallow leaves for the leaves used as a
vegetable
Vegetables are edible parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. This original meaning is still commonly used, and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including edible flower, flo ...
.
Description
The plants are tall, usually annual
herb
Herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal purposes, or for fragrances. Culinary use typically distingu ...
s, reaching a height of 2–4 m, unbranched or with only a few side branches. The
leaves
A leaf (: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, stem, ...
are alternate, simple,
lanceolate
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, 5–15 cm long, with an acuminate tip and a finely serrated or lobed margin. The
flower
Flowers, also known as blooms and blossoms, are the reproductive structures of flowering plants ( angiosperms). Typically, they are structured in four circular levels, called whorls, around the end of a stalk. These whorls include: calyx, m ...
s are small (2–3 cm diameter) and yellow, with five petals; the
fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propaga ...
is a many-seeded capsule.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Corchorus'' is classified under the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Grewioideae of the family
Malvaceae
Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...
. It contains around 40 to 100 species.
The genus ''Oceanopapaver'', previously of uncertain placement, has recently been
synonymized under ''Corchorus''. The name was established by
André Guillaumin in 1932 for the single species ''Oceanopapaver neocaledonicum'' Guillaumin from
New Caledonia
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. The genus has been classified into a number of different families, including
Capparaceae
The Capparaceae (or Capparidaceae), commonly known as the caper family, are a family of plants in the order Brassicales. As currently circumscribed, the family contains 15 genera and about 430 species. The largest genera are ''Capparis'' (about 1 ...
,
Cistaceae,
Papaveraceae
The Papaveraceae, informally known as the poppy family, are an economically important family (biology), family of about 42 genera and approximately 775 known species of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales. The family is cosmopolitan dis ...
, and
Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae () is a family of flowering plants. It is not a part of the APG, APG II and APG III classifications, being sunk in Malvaceae mostly as the subfamilies Tilioideae, Brownlowioideae and Grewioideae, but has an extensive historical re ...
. The putative family name "Oceanopapaveraceae" has occasionally appeared in print and on the web but is a
nomen nudum
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and has never been validly published nor recognised by any
system of plant taxonomy.
The genus ''Corchorus'' was first described by
Linnaeus
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in his great work ''
Species Plantarum
' (Latin for "The Species of Plants") is a book by Carl Linnaeus, originally published in 1753, which lists every species of plant known at the time, classified into genus, genera. It is the first work to consistently apply binomial nomenclature ...
'' (1753). It is derived from the
Ancient Greek
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word or ( or ), which referred to a wild plant of uncertain identity, possibly jute or wild
asparagus
Asparagus (''Asparagus officinalis'') is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus ''Asparagus (genus), Asparagus'' native to Eurasia. Widely cultivated as a vegetable crop, its young shoots are used as a spring vegetable.
Description ...
.
Species
Species in the genus include:
* ''
Corchorus aestuans''
L.
* ''
Corchorus africanus''
Bari
* ''
Corchorus angolensis''
Exell & Mendonça
* ''
Corchorus aquaticus''
Rusby
* ''
Corchorus argillicola''
Moeaha & P.J.D.Winter
* ''
Corchorus asplenifmô0olius''
Burch.
* ''
Corchorus aulacocarpus''
Halford
* ''
Corchorus baldaccii''
Mattei
* ''
Corchorus brevicornutus''
Vollesen
* ''
Corchorus capsularis''
L.
* ''
Corchorus carnarvonensis''
Halford
* ''
Corchorus chrozophorifolius''
( Baill.) Burret
* ''
Corchorus cinerascens''
Deflers
* ''
Corchorus confusus''
Wild
* ''
Corchorus congener''
Halford
* ''
Corchorus cunninghamii''
F.Muell.
* ''
Corchorus deccanensis''
H.B.Singh & M.V.Viswan.
* ''
Corchorus depressus''
( L.) Peterm.
* ''
Corchorus elachocarpus''
F.Muell.
* ''
Corchorus elderi''
F.Muell.
* ''
Corchorus erodioides''
Balf.f.
* ''
Corchorus fascicularis''
Lam.
* ''
Corchorus foliosus''
Spreng.
* ''
Corchorus gillettii''
Bari
* ''
Corchorus hamatus''
Baker
A baker is a tradesperson who baking, bakes and sometimes Sales, sells breads and other products made of flour by using an oven or other concentrated heat source. The place where a baker works is called a bakery.
History
Ancient histo ...
* ''
Corchorus hirsutus''
L.
* ''
Corchorus hirtus''
L.
* ''
Corchorus hygrophilus''
A.Cunn. ex Benth.
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* ''
Corchorus incanus''
Halford
* ''
Corchorus junodii''
( Schinz) N.E.Br.
* ''
Corchorus kirkii''
N.E.Br.
* ''
Corchorus laniflorus''
Rye
* ''
Corchorus lasiocarpus''
Halford
* ''
Corchorus leptocarpus''
A.Cunn. ex Benth.
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* ''
Corchorus longipedunculatus''
Mast.
* ''
Corchorus macropetalus''
( F.Muell.) Domin
* ''
Corchorus macropterus''
G.J.Leach & Cheek
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* ''
Corchorus merxmuelleri''
Wild
* ''
Corchorus mitchellensis''
Halford
* ''
Corchorus neocaledonicus''
Schltr.
* ''
Corchorus obclavatus''
Halford
* ''
Corchorus olitorius''
L.
* ''
Corchorus orinocensis''
Kunth
* ''
Corchorus parviflorus''
(Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
) Domin
* ''
Corchorus parvifolius''
Sebsebe
* ''
Corchorus pascuorum''
Domin
* ''
Corchorus pinnatipartitus''
Wild
* ''
Corchorus psammophilus''
Codd
* ''
Corchorus pseudo-olitorius''
Islam & Zaid
* ''
Corchorus pseudocapsularis''
Schweinf.
* ''
Corchorus puberulus''
Halford
* ''
Corchorus pumilio''
R.Br. ex Benth.
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* ''
Corchorus reynoldsiae''
Halford
* ''
Corchorus saxatilis''
Wild
* ''
Corchorus schimperi''
Cufod.
* ''
Corchorus sericeus''
Ewart & O.B.Davies
* ''
Corchorus siamensis''
Craib
* ''
Corchorus sidoides''
F.Muell.
* ''
Corchorus siliquosus''
L.
* ''
Corchorus subargentus''
Halford
* ''
Corchorus sublatus''
Halford
* ''
Corchorus sulcatus''
I.Verd.
* ''
Corchorus tectus''
Halford
* ''
Corchorus thozetii''
Halford
* ''
Corchorus tiniannensis''
Hosok.
* ''
Corchorus tirunelveliensis''
Kalaiselvan, Selvak. & Rajakumar
* ''
Corchorus tomentellus''
F.Muell.
* ''
Corchorus torresianus''
Gaudich.
* ''
Corchorus tridens''
L.
* ''
Corchorus trilocularis''
L.
* ''
Corchorus urticifolius''
Wight
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& Arn.
* ''
Corchorus velutinus''
Wild
* ''
Corchorus walcottii''
F.Muell.
Uses
Fiber
The
fiber
Fiber (spelled fibre in British English; from ) is a natural or artificial substance that is significantly longer than it is wide. Fibers are often used in the manufacture of other materials. The strongest engineering materials often inco ...
s from ''Corchorus'' (known as
jute
Jute ( ) is a long, rough, shiny bast fibre that can be Spinning (textiles), spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from flowering plants in the genus ''Corchorus'', of the mallow family Malvaceae. The primary source of the fiber is ...
)
are the most widely cultivated
vegetable fiber after
cotton
Cotton (), first recorded in ancient India, is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure ...
.
Food

''Corchorus'' leaves are consumed in the cuisines of various countries. ''Corchorus olitorius'' is used mainly in the cuisines of southern
Asia
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, the
Middle East
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The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
,
North Africa
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and
West Africa
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, ''Corchorus capsularis'' in
Japan
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and
China
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. It has a
mucilaginous
Mucilage is a thick gluey substance produced by nearly all plants and some microorganisms. These microorganisms include protists which use it for their locomotion, with the direction of their movement always opposite to that of the secretion of ...
(somewhat "slimy") texture, similar to
okra
Okra (, ), ''Abelmoschus esculentus'', known in some English-speaking countries as lady's fingers, is a flowering plant in the Malvaceae, mallow family native to East Africa. Cultivated in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions aro ...
, when cooked. The
seeds are used as a flavouring, and a
herbal tea
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is made from the dried leaves. The leaves of ''Corchorus'' are rich in
betacarotene,
iron
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,
calcium
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, and
vitamin C
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. The plant has an
antioxidant
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activity with a significant α-
tocopherol equivalent
vitamin E
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.
In North Africa and the Middle East, the young leaves of ''Corchorus'' species are known in
Arabic
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as ''
malukhiyah'' and are used as green
leafy vegetables . ''Malukhiyah'' is eaten widely in Egypt and some consider it the
Egyptian national dish. It is featured in cuisines from
Lebanon
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,
Palestine
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,
Syria
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,
Jordan
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and
Tunisia
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. In
Turkey
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and
Cyprus
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, the plant is known as ''molohiya'' or ''molocha'' and is usually cooked into a kind of chicken stew.
The leaves of ''Corchorus'' have been a staple
Egypt
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ian food since the time of the
Pharaoh
Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...
s and it is from there that it gains its recognition and popularity. Varieties of mallow-leaves stew with rice is a well known
Middle Eastern cuisine
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.
In
Nigerian cuisine, it is used in a stew known as ''
ewedu
''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 fi ...
'', a condiment to other starch-based foods such as ''
amala'' or added with gbegiri a local Nigerian soup. In
Northern Nigeria
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it is known as ''Ayoyo''. They use it to cook a sauce called (''Miyan Ayoyo'') which is commonly served with
Tuwon Masara
Tuwon masara is a Nigerian corn flour swallow eaten primarily by the Hausa and Fulani that resembles fufu. It has several alternative names. This meal is not only common in the northern parts of Nigeria, it is well known around the world, i ...
or
Tuwon Allebo.
In
Ghana
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, it is mostly eaten by the people in the North and it is called ayoyo. It is mostly eaten with
Tuo Zaafi (food prepared with cornflour).
In
Sierra Leone
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it is known as ''krain krain'' (or ''crain crain'') and is cooked as stew. The stew is usually eaten with rice or ''
foofoo'' (a traditional food made from
cassava
''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although ...
).
Jute leaves are also consumed among the
Luhya people
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of Western
Kenya
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, where it is commonly known as ''mrenda'' or ''murere''. It is eaten with starchy foods like ''
ugali
Ugali, also known as posho, nsima, papa, pap, sadza, isitshwala, akume, amawe, ewokple, akple, and other names, is a type of corn meal made from maize or corn or ''mahindi'' flour in several African countries: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabw ...
'', a staple for most communities in Kenya.
In Northern Sudan it is called ''khudra'', meaning "green" in
Sudanese Arabic
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. The
Songhai people of
Mali
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call it ''fakohoy''.
In
India
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, it is locally known as ''nalta sag''. It is a favorite food during the summer months, especially in
Sambalpur and the western part of
Odisha
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. Usually it is lightly sauteed and eaten along with rice or rice gruel.
In the
Philippines
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, ''C. olitorius'' is known as ''saluyot''. It is commonly consumed as a leafy vegetable together with
bamboo shoots.
In
Thai cuisine
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Thai cooking places emphasis on lightly prepared dishes with aromatics and spicy heat. The Australian chef David Thompson (chef), David Thompson, an expert on Thai food, observes that ...
, the leaves of the ''Corchorus olitorius'' (locally known as ''bai po''; ) are eaten blanched, together with plain rice
congee
Congee ( , derived from Tamil language, Tamil ), is a form of savoury rice porridge made by boiling rice in a large amount of water until the rice softens. Depending on rice–water ratio, the thickness of congee varies from a Western oatmeal ...
. The taste resembles that of spinach and
samphire.
See also
*
Corchorifatty acid F
*''
Malva''
*''
Hibiscus
''Hibiscus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Malva, mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising List of Hibiscus species, several hundred species that are Native plant, native to warm temperate, Subtropics, subtropical ...
''
*''
Althaea''
References
External links
Malvaceae.info: ''Corchorus'' webpage
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Asian vegetables
.
Fiber plants
Leaf vegetables
Edible plants
Malvaceae genera