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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 North Africa :
- Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 3: 152 (1933).
- QUÉZEL, P. & S. SANTA (1963). NOUVELLE FLORE DE L'ALGÉRIE et des régions désertiques méridionales. vol. [2] CNRS., Paris. [p.630]
- ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1989). Flora of Libya. vol. 19. Al Faateh University. Tripoli. [p.6]
- POTTIER-ALAPETITE, G (1979). Flore de la Tunisie [vol. 1]. Publié par les soins de A. NABLI. Ministère de l'Enseign. Sup. et de la Rech. Scient. et Ministère de l'Agric. Tunis. [p.506]
- OZENDA, P. (1983). Flore du Sahara. (ed. 2). Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS.), Paris, 622p. [p.560]
- BARRY J. P. & J. C. CELLES (1991). Flore de Mauritanie. vol. 1. Institut supérieur scientifique de Nouakchott - Université de Nice. [p.339]
- LEBRUN, J. P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires de la Mauritanie et du Sahara occidental. Boissiera 55: [97]
- BOULOS, L. (2000). FLORA OF EGYPT. [vol. 2] Al Harara Publishing. Cairo. [p.88]
- Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 37: 287 (2005).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| 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 African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Tropicos |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°148766 modified 2009-06-23 |
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