Malvaceae
Jackswitch
Corchorus hirsutus
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Corchorus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 田麻
- English
- Jackswitch
- Korean
- 수까치깨
Synonyms
- Corchoropsis tomentosa (Thunb.) Makino
- Corchorus arenarius Kunth
- Corchorus detersilis Gand.
- Corchorus frutescens Lam.
- Corchorus lanuginosus Macfad.
- Corchorus tomentosus Thunb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.