Corchorus olitorius
(ip otu)
Tiliaceae

Annual. Stem - erect, up to 1 m. Leaves alternate, ovate-oblong, petiolate. Flowers 1 -2 in leaf axils, very shortly stalked. Sepals 5. Petals free, yellow. Ovary superior. Fruit an elongate capsule, 3-6-valved. Seeds many. Industrial and leaves edible. Fl. June-October. Fields.

Native of Africa and Asia.