trefle.io · Taken Nov 5, 2019 by charles blancher (cc-by-sa)
Malvaceae
Jew's-mallow
Corchorus olitorius
Also known as Jute mallow, Egyptian spinach, Tossa jute, Corchorus catharticus
Tropical Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Jute Mallow · Molokhia · Edible Leaves · Leafy Vegetable · Tropical Herb · Medicinal · Fast Growing · Corchorus · Culinary · African Vegetable
Jew's-mallow is a fast-growing tropical plant cultivated worldwide for its nutritious, spinach-like leaves used in cooking and herbal medicine. It thrives in warm, sunny conditions with regular watering and benefits from a nitrogen-rich fertilizer to maximize leafy growth. Harvest outer leaves regularly to encourage continuous new growth throughout the season.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water consistently to keep soil evenly moist; do not allow to dry out completely during active growth · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Brazil Southeast, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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