*Corchorus aestuans * L. - *KOR-koh-rus* -- from the Greek *kore* (eye pupil) and *koreo* (purge) *aestuans* -- agitating or undulating
[image: Corchorus aestuans]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1251101178%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd_j0s0UEc1851nFYpI4BpfyUAbSw> Aug 25, 2007 at Vaghbil, Thane *commonly known as*: East Indian mallow, jute, West African mallow • * Bengali*: তিক্ত পাট tikta pata • *Gujarati*: ચાદરી ચુઙ્ચ chaadhari chunch • *Kannada*: ಚುಂಚು ಗಿಡ chunchu gida • *Sanskrit*: चुञ्चु chunchuh • *Telugu*: నేల బెర nela bera, పట్ట patta *Native of*: Mexico, tropical South America; naturalized in paleotropics - [image: Corchorus aestuans]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1367405578%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeRORE8aOuUDGMVTfwCvHIRN7oJVg>... Sep 12, 2007 at Vaghbil, Thane - [image: Chunchuh (Sanskrit: चुञ्चु)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1250259565%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc0KL_o59RdTWemQ7nDJOKrEpLdRA>... Aug 25, 2007 at vaghbil, Thane - ... more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Corchorusaestuans&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags Regards. Dinesh
