Patta Shaak / Jute
Corchorus capsularis
Also known as White Jute
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Delhi & more
- Flowering
- May-November
How to identify Patta Shaak
Identify Patta Shaak by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Cultivated for fiber (white jute).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Tiliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Patta Shaak.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Corchorus capsularis
- Genus
- Corchorus
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Degraded deciduous forests, along water courses
- Native to
- Tropics
- Distribution
- Tropical Countries
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-November
- 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 Patta Shaak itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- पट्ट शाक patta shaak
- Bengali
- কোষ্টা koshta, সাদা পাট
- Tamil
- நறுவல்லி naru-valli
- Kannada
- ಸೆಣಬು Senabu, ಒಳ್ಳೆಸೆಣಬು Olle senabu, ಮುಂಜಿ Munji
- Marathi
- चोंचे chonche, इसबंद isabanda, क्षुद्र चंचु kshudra chanchu
About Patta Shaak
A member of the Tiliaceae family, Jute (Corchorus capsularis) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Delhi and 8 other states. It grows in degraded deciduous forests, along water courses. Flowering and fruiting run from May to November.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and stripped for fibre used in rope and matting. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice. Parts of this plant are reported as poisonous — treat it as unsafe to eat and wash your hands after handling.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Patta Shaak belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
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