Malvaceae
Mulukhiyah
Corchorus olitorius
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Corchorus
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Common names
By language (29)
- aeb
- ملوخية
- Arabic
- ملوخية
- arz
- ملوخيه, Molokhiyya
- Azerbaijani
- Uzunmeyvəli cut
- Bangla
- তোষা পাট
- bik
- Saluyot
- Burmese
- ပိလောပင်
- Catalan
- Jute d'Aràbia
- Chinese
- 山麻, 长蒴黄麻
- dag
- Salinvaɣu
- English
- Mulukhiyah, Nalta jute, Denje'c'jute, Jew's mallow, Jute mallow, Molokheyya, Molokhia, Molokhiyya
- ff
- Maama laalo
- Filipino
- Saluyot
- Finnish
- Intianjuutti
- French
- Corète potagère
- German
- Langkapselige Jute, Molokhia, Muskraut
- Hebrew
- מלוכיה נאכלת
- Hindi
- पटसन
- hsb
- Afriski konopjowc
- Indonesian
- Jute, Molokhia, Mulukhiyah, Yute
- Japanese
- シマツナソ, タイワンツナソ, モロヘイヤ
- Korean
- 장삭황마
- Malay
- Mulukhiyah
- pam
- Katilpung babai
- Polish
- Juta kolorowa, Juta warzywna
- Romanian
- Iută
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈၽၵ်းသႅင်ႈ, ၽၵ်းသႅင်ႈ
- Tamil
- பிண்ணாக்கு கீரை, புண்ணாக்கு கீரை
- Ukrainian
- Довгоплідний джут
Synonyms
- Corchorus catharticus Blanco
- Corchorus decemangularis Roxb. ex G.Don
- Corchorus lanceolatus G.Don
- Corchorus longicarpus G.Don
- Corchorus malchairi De Wild.
- Corchorus olitorius f. grandifolius De Wild.
- Corchorus olitorius var. australiensis Domin
- Corchorus olitorius var. incisifolius Asch. & Schweinf.
- Corchorus olitorius var. malchairii (De Wild.) R.Wilczek
- Corchorus quinquelocularis Moench
Flowers
- In flower
- March, August to November (from 34 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sue Ann Kendall, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bella Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: geosesarma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.