Corchorus fascicularisLam.

WFO wfo-0000620057 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Corchorus fascicularis, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2021-08-12 / obs. 150237500
Corchorus fascicularis, photographed by S.MORE
fig. b S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150237503
Corchorus fascicularis, photographed by S.MORE
fig. c S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150237341
Corchorus fascicularis, photographed by S.MORE
fig. d S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150237509
Corchorus fascicularis, photographed by S.MORE
fig. e S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150237501
Corchorus fascicularis, photographed by S.MORE
fig. f S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150237506

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Native range 37 botanical countries

Regions where Corchorus fascicularis is native: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia AngolaBeninBurkinaCameroonCentral African RepublicChadDR CongoEritreaEthiopiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaMaliMauritaniaMozambiqueNigerNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoZambiaZimbabweBangladeshIndiaMyanmarPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaThailandNorthern TerritoryQueenslandWestern Australia
Native distribution of Corchorus fascicularis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Burkina BKN
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Mozambique MOZ
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Bangladesh BAN ASIA-TROPICAL
India IND
Myanmar MYA
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Western Australia WAU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 1 synonym

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Corchorus brachycarpus Guill. & Perr.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.