Slippery Burr (Corchorus hirtus)
Description
Slippery bur is a densely branched shrub with a taproot, growing up to 1 metre tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for its leaves, which are used to make a tea Moist or dry thickets, often in waste ground, at elevations of 1,000 metres or lower. A weed of roadsides, stony waste places, rough pastures and thickets, mostly on limestone, at elevations up to 750 metres in Jamaica.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malvales
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Family: Malvaceae
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Genus: Corchorus
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