✿Tiliaceae · Corchorus
Chonch / East Indian Mallow
Corchorus aestuans
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- May-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Corchorus aestuans
- Genus
- Corchorus
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Degraded deciduous forests, also in the wasteland
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Assam, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Odisha, Puducherry, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Tiliaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chonch itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Chonch, Hade-ka-khet
- Bengali
- Tita Pat
- Telugu
- Kajati, Kalasa, నేల బెర Nela bera
- Kannada
- Chanchu gida
About Chonch
East Indian Mallow (Corchorus aestuans) is a herb in the Tiliaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and 16 other states. It grows in degraded deciduous forests, also in the wasteland. Flowering and fruiting run from May to December.
Botanical family
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Chonch belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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