Corchorus olitorius L.
Corchorus olitorius L.
MH024 : Corchorus olitorius L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 53 |
| Synonym | : | Corchorus brachycarpus Guill. & Perr.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Jute, Nalta jute, tossa jute, Jew's mallow, Pat, Pat-sag, Mithapat, Motichhunchh, Banpat |
| Plant Family | : | Malvaceae / Tiliaceae |
| Description | : | Annual, suberect, 50-60 cm tall herb. Stem woody, with scaly bark, glabrous. Leaves 3-costate, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 1.5-6 cm long, 0.5-2.0 cm broad, glabrous, serrate, basal serratures not prolonged into filiform appendages, obtuse; petiole 3-15 mm long, hirsute; stipules subulate-filiform, c. 5 mm long. Cyme a fascicle of 2-5 (-8) flowers, antiphyllous, very shortly pedunculate. Flowers yellow, 5-6 mm across; bracts minute. Sepals linear-oblong, c. 1.5-2.5 mm long, apiculate. Petals oblong-obovate, as long as sepals. Stamens as many as or twice the number of petals, filaments c. 1.5-2 mm long. Carpels 3; ovary oblong-ovate to linear, 3-loculed, hairy; style short, stigma capitate. Capsules 2-5(-8) in each fascicle, sessile, 1-1.5 cm long, with 1-2 mm long entire beak, somewhat triangular, pubescent, 3-loculed, locules without transverse septa. Seeds wedge shaped, c. 1.5 mm long, angular, black, obliquely truncate at both ends. Fl. Per.: August-September. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On Moist lands grasses and in fields |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | antifertility, anti-convulsive, and purgative agent, Anti-cancer(Wozniak et al., 2015) |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Strophanthidin; Strophanthidin Trioxide; Coroloside; Deglycocoroloside; Chorchoroside; Chorchoroside B; Olotoriside; Canarigenin; Chorchorusoside A;
Chorchorusoside B;
Chorchorusoside C;
Chorchorusoside D;
Chorchorusoside E;
Triterpenes: Corosin; Ursolic acid; Corosolic acid; Oxoorocin;
Phenolics: Astragalin; Isoquercetin; Quercetin-3-galactoside; Quercetin-3-(6-malonylglucoside); Quercetin-3-(6-malonylgalactoside); Circhorune; Scopolin; Chlorogenic acid; Oleanolic acid; Beta-sitosterol; Stigmasterol ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (8): Beta-sitosterol; Quercetin; Ursolic Acid; Oleanolic Acid; Corosolic acid; Stigmasterol; Chlorogenic acid; Strophanthidin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- Wozniak, L., Skapska, S., and Marszalek, K. (2015). Ursolic acid a pentacyclic triterpenoid with a wide spectrum of pharmacological activities. Molecules 20, 20614 20641. doi: 10.3390/molecules201119721
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250064394 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Dilleniidae |
| Order | : Malvales |
| Family | : Malvaceae / Tiliaceae - Linden family |
| Genus | : Corchorus |
| Species | : Corchorus olitorius L. |