Species Detail

Corchorus spp. / Jute / 黄麻属植物

Introduction
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.
Common name: / Jute / 黄麻属植物
Taxonomy: Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Malvales; Malvaceae; Grewioideae; Apeibeae; Corchorus

Genome

1. Islam MS, Saito JA, Emdad EM, et al. Comparative genomics of two jute species and insight into fibre biogenesis. Nat Plants. 2017;3:16223. Published 2017 Jan 30.
2. Zhang L, Ma X, Zhang X, et al. Reference genomes of the two cultivated jute species. Plant Biotechnol J. 2021;19(11):2235-2248.
3. Sarkar D, Mahato AK, Satya P, et al. The draft genome of Corchorus olitorius cv. JRO-524 (Navin). Genom Data. 2017;12:151-154. Published 2017 May 7.