| Nalta Jute |
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| File size | 1950516 |
| Original date | 8/19/07 3:21 PM |
| Resolution | 2592 x 1944 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-S650 |
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Botanical name: Corchorus olitorius Family: Tiliaceae (Phalsa family)
Nalta Jute is a variety of jute grown for its young edible shoots, which are used in cooking. Native to India, nalta jute is cultivated in warm regions, including Egypt and the southern United States. It is an annual, much-branched herb 90-120 cm tall. Leaves 6-10 cm long, 3.5-5 cm broad, elliptic-lanceolate, serrate, the lower serratures on each side prolonged into a filament-like appendage over 6 mm long. The leaves are rounded at the base; leaf stalks 2-2.5 cm long. Flowers pale yellow; bracts lance-like. Sepals 3 mm long, oblong. Petals 5 mm long, oblong spathulate. Stamens 10 to many, free, filaments short, anthers small, bilobed Capsules 3-6.5 cm long, thin, cylindric erect. While perhaps better known as a fiber crop, Jew's Mallow is also a medicinal "vegetable", eaten from Tanganyika to Egypt. In India the leaves and tender shoots are eaten. The dried material is known as "nalita."
| Photographed in Indraprastha Park, Delhi. |