Bankosta / African Jute
Corchorus fascicularis
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- September-February
How to identify Bankosta
Identify Bankosta 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: Flowers in small clustered bundles.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat.
- Confirm it sits within the Tiliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bankosta.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Corchorus fascicularis
- Genus
- Corchorus
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Drying ditchers in scrub jungle
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Australia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Arabia
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-February
- 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 Bankosta itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Bankosta, Chunchi, Khetapat
- Kannada
- ಚುಂಚಲಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು Chunchali soppu
- Marathi
- Hirankuri, Motibahuphali
About Bankosta
African Jute (Corchorus fascicularis) belongs to the Tiliaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 1 other states. It grows in drying ditchers in scrub jungle. Flowering and fruiting run from September to February.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Bankosta belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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