Malvaceae
Jute
Corchorus aestuans
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Corchorus
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Corchorus aestuansMalvaceae
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 甜麻, 繩黃麻, 假黄麻, 野黄麻, 針筒草, 针筒草
- dag
- Salinvogu
- English
- Jute
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.