Corchorus OLITORIUS L.
| Synonym : | Corchorus catharticus Blanco Corchorus longicarpus G.Don Corchorus malchairii DE Wild. Corchorus quinquelocularis Moench |
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| Bangla Name : | Toshapat, Mithapat, Pat, Lalitapat, Bogipat. |
| English Name : | Jew’s Mallow, Jute. |
| Family : | Tiliaceae |
| Disease : | Alterative, alexiteric, demulcent, tonic, diuretic, bowel, fever, dysentery, pain, ascites, piles, demulcent, tonic, diuretic, febrifuge, gonorrhoea, cystitis, dysuria, purgative and cardiac. |
| Description : | A tall annual, up to 2 m or more high. Leaves 6.3-10 cm long, elliptic-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, serrate, the lower serratures on each side prolonged into a filiform appendage, Flowers pale yellow. Capsule 3-6.3 cm long, linear, cylindric, erect. |
| Distribution : | Cultivated all over Bangladesh. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Seeds contain a cardiac glycoside, olitoriside. They also contain coroloside, deglucocoroloside, erysimoside, veticoside, helveticoside, corchoroside A, corchoroside, B, evonoside, strophanthidol, strophanthidin and olitorin. Roots contain a triterpene, c |
| Uses : | Leaves are alterative, alexiteric, demulcent, tonic, diuretic, astringent to the bowels, used in fever, dysentery, pain, ascites and piles. Dried tender leaves are demulcent, tonic, diuretic and slightly febrifuge, used in visceral obstruction, gonorrhoea |
| Habit : | - |