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Plant · P-964
Jute
Corchorus capsularis
Jute is a fast-growing, heat-loving plant grown across the humid tropics and subtropics for the coarse, water-resistant fibre stripped from its stems - the source of burlap and sackcloth. Its young leaves are eaten raw or cooked as a mucilaginous, high-protein potherb, and older leaves are dried and used to thicken soup. It needs full sun, very fertile soil and a long, hot, humid season, and does not tolerate cool or dry conditions.
Record at a glance
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun
- USDA zone
- USDA 9–11
- Soil
- Sand · Loam · Clay
- Moisture
- Moist · Wet
Vertical layer
Herbaceous- Soil pH
- 5.1–6.8
- Plant type
- Annual
- Mature height
- 11.5 ft
- Mature spread
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