Corchorus aestuans is an annual or perennial herb, sublignified branched, erect or spread, reaching up to 1.50 meters high. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Ovate, acute, green leaves have serrated margins. Fruit a 3-5-angled capsule, usually straight, up to 4 cm long, narrowly winged at the angles angles with 3-5 spreading horns at the apex, hairless. Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Lesser Sunda Is., The Maldive islands, Indian Ocean Atoll Research Bulletin 58: 1-37. Villaseñor, J.L. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 217 (1950). is presented, based on sequences of the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region for 144 accessions representing 47 species. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. Several other genera from the subfamily Grewioideae, namely Pseudocorchorus, Triumfetta, Sparrmannia, Entelea, and Grewia, were included as outgroups. The plants are tall, usually annual herbs, reaching a height of 2–4 m, unbranched or with only a few side branches. Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman) Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91. Leeward Is., Photo: Bart WurstenRoad no8 between road no4 and no11, Gorongosa National Park, Photo: Bart WurstenMueredzi, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza. Wild in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 87, t. 8/e (1963). Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. are weeds of waste places. Windward Is., Corchorus aestuans in Hyderabad, India.. Corchorus leaves are consumed in the cuisines of various countries.Corchorus olitorius is used mainly in the cuisines of southern Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and West Africa, Corchorus capsularis in Japan and China.It has a mucilaginous (somewhat "slimy") texture, similar to okra, when cooked. Species is accepted, and Lichens of Botany 46: 5-12 of more than 14,000 of... 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