Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Malvaceae

Genus:

Corchorus

Species:

Corchorus aestuans var. aestuans

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb , Subshrub

Native Range

Arabian Peninsula, Australia, Brazil: Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, East Tropical Africa, Eastern Asia, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Jamaica, Macaronesia, Malesia, Mexico: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Northeast Tropical Africa, South Tropical Africa, Suriname, Venezuelan Antilles, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa