Kadvapat / White Jute
Corchorus trilocularis
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Kadvapat
Identify Kadvapat 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: Three-chambered seed capsule.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Tiliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kadvapat.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Corchorus trilocularis
- Genus
- Corchorus
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, 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 Kadvapat itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Kadukosta, कड़वा पात Kadvapat, Hardikaket
- Kannada
- ಎಣ್ಣೆಪುಂಡಿಗಿಡ Ennepundi gida, ಕಾಡುಚುಂಚಲಿಗಿಡ Kaaduchunchali gida
- Marathi
- Kaaduchunch
About Kadvapat
White jute (Corchorus trilocularis) belongs to the Tiliaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 7 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Kadvapat belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
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