Corchorus olitorius
India (widespread), Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, N.W.Frontier Prov., Kurram, Swat, Hazara, Pakistani Punjab), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Sri Lanka (I), Bangladesh, Java (I), peninsular Malaysia (Penang, Selangor, Johor), Thailand, China (I), Taiwan, Ryukyu Isl. (I), Andamans, Nicobars, Myanmar [Burma], Nepal (I), Philippines (throughout), Laos, Vietnam, Lakshadweep Isl. (Laccadives), Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales), Cyprus (I) (N-Cyprus (I)), Iraq (NW-Iraq), Egypt (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt), Iran (S-Iran, W-Iran), Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia), Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel), Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman), Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir), Sinai peninsula (N-Sinai, S-Sinai), Syria (coastal W-Syria), United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Yemen (SW-Yemen), Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, often cultivated), Uzbekistan (I), Gambia, ?Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Chad, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Sao Tome, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), D.R.Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Angola, South Africa (I), Madagascar (I), Botswana (I), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Cape Verde Isl. (Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl.), Morocco (I), Algeria (I), Libya (I), Egypt (I), Bahamas (I), Cuba (I), Hispaniola (I), Jamaica (I), Virgin Isl. (I) (St. Thomas (I)), Lesser Antilles (I) (Barbados (I), Dominica (I), Guadeloupe (I), Martinique (I)), Tobago (I), Trinidad (I), Brazil (I), Venezuela (I), Guianas (I), Fiji (I), Aegaean Isl. (I), Greece (I) 132680 0
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Based on Georgiades (1995).
Alien: Naturalized non-invasive. In gardens and waste ground, sea level to 1000' - a pantropical weed, frequently cultivated in E. Mediterranean region and western Asia - no sites listed for Division 3.
Presumably introduced during the times of the Ottoman empire (1500-1878). Based on Georgiades (1995).
Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol 1.
Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.