African Plant Database


Corchorus olitorius L.
Family : Tiliaceae
Family (APGIII) : MALVACEAE
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 1: 529 (1753)  
Information on the genus : Corchorus
 
 
Status
Status for MA : accepted (present)
Status for NA : accepted (weed)
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Corchorus olitorius L. var. olitorius
 
Taxon infra-specific
Corchorus olitorius L. var. olitorius
Corchorus olitorius var. incisifolius Asch. & Schweinf.
Corchorus olitorius var. malchairii (De Wild.) R. Wilczek
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Erect or prostrate annual herb 0,6-2 m tall, often woody at base; young branches ±angular or sulcate.
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Ecology : Weed of cultivation; savanna; depressions; grassland on black cotton soil; riverine forest; riverbeds; gravel, clay or sand, laterite; calcareous “vertisols”; silty sand, sandy loam; 3-1800 m alt. also eaten as vegetable.

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • Peyre de Fabrègues B. & J. P. Lebrun (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort
  • Boudet G. & J.P. Lebrun (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16
  • Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:280 (2012)
  • Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
  • César J. & C. Chatelain (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména

Bibliography for North Africa :
  • Maire R. (1933). Mission du Hoggar II, Etudes sur la Flore et la végétation du Sahara central. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 3: 152 
  • Fl. Algérie [Quézel & Santa] 2: 630 (1963).
  • ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1977). Flora of Libya. 19: 6
  • Fl. Tunisie [Pottier-Alapetite] 1: 506 (1979).
  • OZENDA, P. (1983). Flore et végétation du Sahara. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.
  • BARRY J. P. & J. C. CELLES (1991). Flore de Mauritanie. Institut supérieur scientifique de Nouakchott - Université de Nice. 1: 339
  • LEBRUN, J. P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires de la Mauritanie et du Sahara occidental. Boissiera 55: 97
  • Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 2: 88 (2000).
  • FENNANE, M. & M. IBN TATTOU (2005). Flore vasculaire du Maroc. Inventaire et chorologie [1]. Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 37: 287
 
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