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33. Jute.pdf
1. Jute
(Morphology, extraction and uses)
By
Hem Chander
Assistant Professor (Botany)
Career Point University Hamirpur (HP) 176041
hemchander78@gmail.com
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3. • Jute is the name of the plant or fiber used to make burlap,
hessian or gunny cloth.
• Jute is one of the most affordable natural fibers, and second
only to cotton in the amount produced and variety of uses.
• Jute fibers are composed primarily of the plant materials
cellulose and lignin
• Corchorus is a genus of about 40–100 species of flowering
plants 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 fiber produced from the plant, and jute
mallow leaves for the leaves used as a vegetable.
4. Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Grewioideae
Subfamily: Grewioideae
Genus: Corchorus
Corchorus olitorius commonly known as Jute mallow or nalta jute
Corchorus capsularis commonly known as white jute
5. • The plants are tall, usually
annual herbs, reaching a height
of 2–4 m, unbranched or with
only a few side branches.
• The leaves are alternate,
simple, lanceolate, 5–15 cm
long, with an acuminate tip and
long, with an acuminate tip and
a finely serrated or lobed
margin.
• The flowers are small (2–3 cm
diameter) and yellow, with five
petals; the fruit is a many-
seeded capsule.
