EPPO Global Database

Corchorus trilocularis(CRGTR)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CRGTR
  • Preferred name: Corchorus trilocularis
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Southern Mediterranean (Algeria), Western Asia, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, practically all Africa. A weed of forage crops. Introduced in Egypt, Malesia (Java), Madagascar, Mexico, Central America, Australia (Queensland)


Common names
Name Language
cottonweed English
native jute English
wild jute English
corète triloculaire French
hierbacho del algodón Spanish
mataquim Portuguese
mallucheyah meshulleshet Hebrew
מַלּוּכְיָה מְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁת Hebrew