Malvaceae FAMILY
Corchorus fascicularis
Corchorus fascicularis
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Corchorus fascicularis is a semi-woody, erect or prostrate annual plant that sometimes lives for more than one year. It grows up to 60cm tall[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The edible leaves are gathered from the wild for local consumption. The plant also yields a fibre that is used locally.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWidespread through tropical Africa, avoiding the wetter regions; Arabian Peninsula, India, northern Australia.
HabitatThorn scrub; cultivated (maize) fields; dried-out riverside depression; between plain and riverine thicket; clayey or sandy-clayey depression, flooded or not; in shade; sand; at elevations from 20 - 1,800 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].