Plant Details

Accepted name:: Corchorus olitorius L. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
a koud	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
adema	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
agheregha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
aheheara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ahihira	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ahu hara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
amzaino	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
aposse	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ayo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ban pat	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
banpat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brihatchanchu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
buror buror	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bush okra	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chamghas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chang shuo huang ma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chichuria	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinch	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
choocha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chunch	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chunchali gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
corète potagère	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
crincre	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
crincrin	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
darraba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dirghapatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
divyagandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodda chunchala gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
etinyon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etinyung	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ewedú	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ewedú-ga-nbe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
eyo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
eyo-ga-nbe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gingere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gregre	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
grenguere	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
gringuele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
indiese jute	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
janumu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jew s mallow	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jew's mallow	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jew's-mallow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jews mallow	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
juta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jute	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jute [fibre]	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kaadu senabu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadusenabu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kalasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuttutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kenkeria	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
khobāzi-e-bostāni	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
kiringere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kirinkirin	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kokoe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
konkaramacu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koshta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kosta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krin-krin	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
krinkrin-de	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kumbi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
laaloo	Other	Leafy Veg. in Nigeria (Muhammad & Shinkafi, 2014)
lalo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lalo memel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lalu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
langkapseljute	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
long-fruited jute	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lulyeho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lunami	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mahachanchu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malafiya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
malukhiga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
malukizah	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mbali	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
meloheeya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
meloukhia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
melûkhia baladi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mithapat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mlukhya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
molokhia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
molukhyia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
morambida	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mote chunch	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
motichunch	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulenda	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mulkhiyah	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
mulukhia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mulukiyah	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
mwidu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nadika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalta jute	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
natikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ng.gbogboli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ng.gowuli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ngenge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ngengele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ngenglei	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
onani	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
otor	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oturo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oyo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oyoyo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
parinta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parinta koora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parinta kura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parintakura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pat	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peratti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peratti-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perattikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perumpinnak kukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pirattaikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pirattikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purattikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajaan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakasaka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sanal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sani	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
sigli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sing-gika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
singgika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
singili	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
singinjanascha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
singli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sobo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sthulachanchu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suchanchuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suri	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tossa jute	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tossajute	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tungurnuwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vegetable jute	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vishari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yeingei	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yengei	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yo-ngengeyo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yoyo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yute	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
خبازی بستانی	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ملوخيه	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
‫ملوخية‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
山麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf, Seed		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Flower		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Seeds, leaves used as vegetable		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leaves		Leafy Veg. in Nigeria (Muhammad & Shinkafi, 2014)
leaves, seeds		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Corchorus catharticus Blanco Fl. Filip.: 442 (1837).
Corchorus decemangularis Roxb. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 544 (1831).
Corchorus lanceolatus G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 543 (1831).
Corchorus longicarpus G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 543 (1831).
Corchorus malchairii De Wild. Études Fl. Bangala & Ubangi: 345 (1911).
Corchorus olitorius var. australiensis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 380 (1927).
Corchorus olitorius var. grandifolius De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 2: 45 (1908).
Corchorus olitorius var. incisifolius Asch. & Schweinf. Mém. Inst. Égypt. 2: 53 (1887).
Corchorus olitorius var. malchairii (De Wild.) R.Wilczek Fl. Congo Belge 10: 86 (1963).
Corchorus quinquelocularis Moench Methodus: 248 (1794).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chorchorus ditorius Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Corchorus olitorius	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Corchorus olitorius L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Leafy Veg. in Nigeria (Muhammad & Shinkafi, 2014) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Corchorus olitorius Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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