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Corchorus capsularis L.

Reference
Sp.Pl. [Linnaeus] 529 (1753)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect herb, to 1.5 m high. Fl. yellow. Edge of vine thicket.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 September 1996

Scientific Description

Herb or shrub, with glabrous stems. Leaves 35-80 mm long, 10-30 mm wide, not lobed; margins crenate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion North Kimberley. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 11 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Darwin Coastal, Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Mitchell.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Wyndham-East Kimberley.