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Family : Tiliaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : MALVACEAE |
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 1: 529 (1753)  |
| Information on the genus : Corchorus |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for NA : | accepted (weed) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Corchorus olitorius L. var. olitorius |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Corchorus olitorius L. var. olitorius |
| Corchorus olitorius var. incisifolius Asch. & Schweinf. |
| Corchorus olitorius var. malchairii (De Wild.) R. Wilczek |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| 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. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
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
Bibliography other :
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:280 (2012)
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under chg |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Germplasm Resources Information Network |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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