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Corchorus capsularis

Authority L. Family Magnoliopsida:Dilleniidae:Malvales:Tiliaceae Synonyms Common names Calcutta hemp, gunny, juta, jute Editor Ecocrop code 4849

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A herbaceous plant with a straight, slender stem, 3-4 m in height under cultivation. USES It is grown as a fiber crop. The fibers are used for coarse woven fabrics, sacking, or fibers. It is also used in twines and carpet yarns. The soft fibers are weaker than hemp or flax. GROWING PERIOD Annual, may be harvested after 80-150 days, depending on varirty. COMMON NAMES White jute, Yute, Jute. FURTHER INF White jute is native to a region including India, Myanmar and sourthern China. It can be found in tropical lowland and perhaps also highland. It require a humid climate with a relative humidity between 60 and 90% in the growing period, but diurnal fluctuations of up to 50% are not a disadvantage. Young plants are sensitive to waterlogging, but more mature plants will tolerate flooding. White jute is often grown on areas that are inundated every year and enriched by deposits. It is a short-day plant but longer days prolong the vegetative phase and it is therefore normally sown when the day-length exceeds 12.5 hours. White jute is more commonly grown than the closely related, tussa jute (C. olitorius). Yields may be about 34 t/ha of green plants giving 2 t/ha of dry retted fiber.
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SOURCES (C. capsularis L.) Sims D (pers. comm.) Roecklein J 1987 pp 132 [USE] Landon J 1984 pp 280 [TEXT, DRA, DEP, PH, FER, SAL] Rehm S 1991 pp 344-346 [TEMP, RAIN, PHO, TEXT, PH, FER] Eswaran H 1986 Purseglove J 1974 pp 613-614 [USE, DRA] Kernick M 1961 pp 230 Hackett C 1982 pp 59 [FER, PHO, DEP, PH, TEXT, TEMP] Demsey J 1975 pp 131-202 [RAIN, TEMP, TEXT, FER, DRA, PH] Kirkby R 1963 pp 62-101 [TEMP, DEP, TEXT, RAIN, FER, TEMP, RAIN, USE]