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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Corchorus''
| image = Corchorus acutangulus Blanco1.141.png
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malvales]]
| familia = [[Malvaceae]]
| genus = '''''Corchorus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
About 40-100 species, including: 
''[[Corchorus aestuans]]'' 
''[[Corchorus capsularis]]'' 
''[[Corchorus carnarvonensis]]'' 
''[[Corchorus cunninghamii]]'' 
''[[Corchorus junodi]]'' 
''[[Corchorus olitorius]]'' 
''[[Corchorus sidoides]]'' 
''[[Corchorus tridens]]'' 
''[[Corchorus walcottii]]''
}}

'''''Corchorus''''' is a genus of about 40-100 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Malvaceae]], native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. Different common names are used in different contexts, with [[Jute]] applying to the [[fibre]] produced from the plant, and Melokhia (alternatively spelled Molokhiya, Molohiya, Mulukhiyah, Molehiya or Molocheiya; [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: ملوخية) applied to the leaves used as a [[vegetable]]. The Molokhiya is also popular in Japan as vegetable and commonlly called ''Moroheiya'' (モロヘイヤ). Other names include Bush Okra, Nalta jute, Jute Mallow, and Jew's Mallow.

They are tall, usually annual [[herb]]s, reaching a height of 2-4 m, unbranched or with only a few side branches. The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, simple, lanceolate, 5-15 cm long, with an acuminate tip and a finely serrated or lobed margin. The [[flower]]s are small (2-3 cm diameter) and yellow, with five petals; the [[fruit]] is a many-seeded capsule.

The genus ''[[Oceanopapaver]]'', previously of uncertain placement, has recently been synonymized under ''Corchorus''.

===Uses===
The plants of '''''Corchorus''''' genus satisfy the world with great amounts of [[fiber]] needs. The [[fiber]]s from these plants are the most widely cultivated [[vegetable fiber]] after cotton. Thus it gives fibers that are the second most important fiber in the world in terms of production and uses.

See [[Jute]] for details about the fiber crop production.

Young Melokhia leaves are used as a green [[leaf vegetable]] and used (mainly ''Corchorus olitorius'') in southern [[Asia]], [[Egypt]] and [[Cyprus]] and also (mainly ''Corchorus capsularis'') in [[Japan]] and [[China]]. Called ''saluyot'' in [[Ilocano language|Ilocano]], it is a popular leafy vegetable in the Ilocos region of the [[Philippines]]. It has a [[mucilage|mucilaginous]] (somewhat "slimy") texture when blanched in water briefly. The seeds are also used as a flavouring, and as a [[herbal tea]] is made from the dried leaves. Melokhia is eaten widely in Egypt, some consider it the Egyptians' national dish. It may have been brought to [[Lebanon]], [[Palestine]] ([[Palestinian cuisine]]), [[Syria]] and [[Jordan]], where it is typically made into a stew served over white rice and boiled chicken.

==Benefits==
Saluyot thrives almost anywhere, and can be grown year-round. Being one of the most nutritious vegetables, the leaves are rich in betacarotene, iron, calcium, and Vitamin C.

The plant has an antioxidant activity with a significant α-tocopherol equivalent Vitamin E.

==References and external links==
*[http://www.cypnet.co.uk/ncyprus/culture/cuisine/veg/molohiya.html Turkish-Cypriot Cuisine: ''Molohiya'']
*[http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Corchorus/Corchorus.html Malvaceae.info page on ''Corchorus'']
*[http://exporter-of-jute-products.blogspot.com/2006/01/golden-copper-and-silver-fibers-of.html The Golden, Copper, and Silver Fibers] Contains information and images about some plants of ''Corchorus & Hibiscus'' genus.
*[http://baheyeldin.com/egypt/molokheya-an-egyptian-national-dish.html Molokheya: An Egyptian National dish] contains culinary and historical information.
*[http://www.inq7.net/lif/2004/may/29/lif_29-1.htm]
*Whitlock, B. A., K. G. Karol, and W. S. Alverson. 2003. Chloroplast DNA Sequences Confirm the Placement of the Enigmatic '
'Oceanopapaver'' within ''Corchorus'' (Grewioideae: Malvaceae s.l., Formerly Tiliaceae). ''International Journal of Plant Sciences'' 164: 35–41 (abstract [http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?id=doi:10.1086/344760 here]).

[[Category:Malvaceae]]
[[Category:Leaf vegetables]]
[[Category:Fiber plants]]
[[Category:Underutilized crops]]
[[Category:National dishes]]

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 {{Inc|
 Corchorus (name refers to some reputed virtue, as an eye remedy, of one of the species). Tiliaceae. Shrubs or herbs of the tropics, two of which supply jute.
- The jute plants are C. capsularis Linn, and C. olitorius, Linn. The latter differs from the C. capsularis in having an elongated, not semi-globose, pod. B.M. 2810. They are annual plants, natives of Asia but cult, throughout the tropics, growing 10-12 ft. high, with a straight st. as thick as the little finger and branched only at the top. Fls. small, yellow, with 4-5 glandless petals and a slender caps., or sometimes the caps, is globose. The young snoots of both are used as pot herbs. C. olitorius is much grown for this purpose in Egypt, and is known as Jews' mallow. Jute is made from the fibrous bark of these and other species of Corchorus. It is released from the sts. by retting in stagnant pools, bee Cyclo. Amer. Agric., Vol. II, pp. 282, 507.
+The jute plants are C. capsularis Linn, and C. olitorius, Linn. The latter differs from the C. capsularis in having an elongated, not semi-globose, pod. B.M. 2810. They are annual plants, natives of Asia but cult, throughout the tropics, growing 10-12 ft. high, with a straight st. as thick as the little finger and branched only at the top. Fls. small, yellow, with 4-5 glandless petals and a slender caps., or sometimes the caps, is globose. The young snoots of both are used as pot herbs. C. olitorius is much grown for this purpose in Egypt, and is known as Jews' mallow. Jute is made from the fibrous bark of these and other species of Corchorus. It is released from the sts. by retting in stagnant pools.
-}}
+==Species==
-{{Taxobox
+About 40-100 species, including{{wp}}:<br/>
 ''[[Corchorus aestuans]]'' <br/>
 ''[[Corchorus capsularis]]'' <br/>
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 ''[[Corchorus tridens]]'' <br/>
 ''[[Corchorus walcottii]]''
-Young Melokhia leaves are used as a green [[leaf vegetable]] and  used (mainly ''Corchorus olitorius'') in southern [[Asia]], [[Egypt]] and [[Cyprus]] and also (mainly ''Corchorus capsularis'') in [[Japan]] and [[China]]. Called ''saluyot'' in [[Ilocano language|Ilocano]], it is a popular leafy vegetable in the Ilocos region of the [[Philippines]]. It has a [[mucilage|mucilaginous]] (somewhat "slimy") texture when blanched in water briefly. The seeds are also used as a flavouring, and as a [[herbal tea]] is made from the dried leaves. Melokhia is eaten widely in Egypt, some consider it the Egyptians' national dish. It may have been brought to [[Lebanon]], [[Palestine]] ([[Palestinian cuisine]]), [[Syria]] and [[Jordan]], where it is typically made into a stew served over white rice and boiled chicken.
+==Gallery==
-==Benefits==
+<gallery>
-Saluyot thrives almost anywhere, and can be grown year-round. Being one of the most nutritious vegetables, the leaves are rich in betacarotene, iron, calcium, and Vitamin C.
+Image:Upload.png| photo 1
-The plant has an antioxidant activity with a significant α-tocopherol equivalent Vitamin E.
+==References==
-==References and external links==
+==External links==
-*[http://www.cypnet.co.uk/ncyprus/culture/cuisine/veg/molohiya.html Turkish-Cypriot Cuisine: ''Molohiya'']
+*{{wplink}}
-[[Category:Malvaceae]]
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		+	The jute plants are C. capsularis Linn, and C. olitorius, Linn. The latter differs from the C. capsularis in having an elongated, not semi-globose, pod. B.M. 2810. They are annual plants, natives of Asia but cult, throughout the tropics, growing 10-12 ft. high, with a straight st. as thick as the little finger and branched only at the top. Fls. small, yellow, with 4-5 glandless petals and a slender caps., or sometimes the caps, is globose. The young snoots of both are used as pot herbs. C. olitorius is much grown for this purpose in Egypt, and is known as Jews' mallow. Jute is made from the fibrous bark of these and other species of Corchorus. It is released from the sts. by retting in stagnant pools, bee Cyclo. Amer. Agric., Vol. II, pp. 282, 507.
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