Corchorus urticifolius
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Corchorus urticifolius
Identify Corchorus urticifolius 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: Nettle-like leaves.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Tiliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Corchorus urticifolius.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Corchorus urticifolius
- Genus
- Corchorus
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- In open situations and degraded deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, East Africa
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu
- 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 Corchorus urticifolius itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Corchorus urticifolius
Corchorus urticifolius belongs to the Tiliaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. It grows in in open situations and degraded deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Corchorus urticifolius belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
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