Corchorus pseudo-olitorius Islam and Zaid - A new addition to Indian flora

摘要

Under the aegis of the National Agricultural Technology Project of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, an exploration was conducted in the southern part of Kerala and Tamil Nadu during January 2002 in collaboration with the Regional Station of National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Thrissur for the collection of germplasm of jute and allied fibre crops including their wild relatives and germplasm of medicinal plants, and other crops as well. Corchorus pseudo-olitorius Islam and Zaid was collected from Kambani village of Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, India in flowering and fruiting condition. This species was known to occur and was collected from Hala, 25 miles north of Hyderabad (Sind) of Pakistan and was stated to be endemic to Pakistan. Later it was collected from Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania also.