Malvaceae FAMILY

Corchorus trilocularis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Corchorus trilocularis is an annual plant growing 10 - 150cm tall. The main stem is usually erect and multi-branched, though the plant sometimes has a more decumbent habit[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. A popular vegetable collected from the wild for home consumption and often sold at local markets. It is only rarely cultivated on a small scale, but is often allowed to remain as a weed in gardens[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWidely spread through tropical Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia to Australia.

HabitatFound in a wide range of habitats, from seasonally inundated land on clay soils and river banks to grassland, roadsides and disturbed places, most commonly in places with residual moisture such as clay plains[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].