| Synonym : | Corchorus cordifolius Salisb.
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| Bangla Name : | Titapat, Nalita, Sadapat, Deshipat. |
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| English Name : | White Jute, Jute. |
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| Family : | Tiliaceae |
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| Disease : | Demulcent, stomachic, tonic, laxative, carminative, refrigerant, diuretic, dysentery, atonic dyspepsia, liver disorders, fever, cystitis, gonorrhoea, dysuria, worms, hepatic, colic, gastric catarrh, diarrhea, purgative, acute and chronic cardiac insuffici |
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| Description : | A very tall annual. Leaves 7.5-10 cm long, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, serrate, the lower serrature on each side usually prolonged into filiform appendage. Flowers less than 12 mm across, in short cymes. Capsules 12 mm across, subglobose, depressed. |
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| Distribution : | Cultivated in most of the district. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain three bitter principles, corchoral, capsularol and capsularone, ?-sitosterol and its glucoside and a triterpenoids glucoside. Bark contains pectin, potassium chloride, wax, fructose and galactose. Roots contain triterpenes, corosin, oxocoro |
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| Uses : | Leaves are demulcent, stomachic, tonic, laxative, carminative, refrigerant and diuretic, useful in acute dysentery. Infusion of the leaves is used in atonic dyspepsia, liver disorders, and as a fever-drink, also used in some cases of chronic cystitis, gon |
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| Habit : | - |
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