Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Corchorus orinocensis
escoba negra, espadilla, té de monte, red jute, Orinoco jute
Annual plant, 1-5 dm tall, with sparsely to moderately pubescent stems and ovate leaf-blades. The flowers are solitary, and the petals are yellow (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).
Found along margins of pools and streams, on moist or seepy ground, and in disturbed soil (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Corchorus
Species
orinocensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Corchorus hirtus var. orinocensis (Kunth) K. Schum. This species, as reported by Wiggins & Porter (1971), most likely also refers to Corchorus pilobolus Link sensu Robinson (1902) et Stewart (1911). 1st June 2021 family changed to Malvaceae (Patricia Jaramillo & María del Mar Trigo).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America (POWO, 2023).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Corchorus orinocensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=795. Accessed 16 July 2025.