✿Tiliaceae · Corchorus
Patua Saag / Wild Jute
Corchorus tridens
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Corchorus tridens
- Genus
- Corchorus
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Tropics
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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 Patua Saag itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- Patua saag
About Patua Saag
A member of the Tiliaceae family, Wild Jute (Corchorus tridens) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and 6 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Patua Saag belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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