Nota de aplicación
Species of herbaceous plant found in India, Africa, and the Middle East. It is used for fiber, and also for the leaves as food, an ingredient in a sticky Middle Eastern herbal dish, molokhiya. The Biblical Book of Job mentions this food. The leaves and young shoots are eaten as a vegetable in Europe. C. olitorius fiber is softer, silkier, and stronger than white jute, C. capsularis.
Ubicación jerarquía
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- .. organismo vivo (nombre jerárquico)
- .... organismo vivo (entidad)
- ...... Eucariota (dominio)
- ........ Plantae (reino)
- .......... Angiospermae (plantas con flores)
- ............ Magnoliopsida (class)
- .............. Rosanae
- ................ Malvales (order)
- .................. Malvaceae (family)
- .................... Corchorus (genus)
- ...................... Corchorus capsularis (species)
- ...................... Corchorus olitorius (species)