This series about jute is after retting so we could focus on the fibers only
it would be impossible to say which species and its variety these pictures represent unless you know what seeds were planted and you had the plant material including leaves flowers fruits etc In this case we have two choices a white jute fibre : Corchorus capsularis and a golden jute fibre: Corchorus olitorius , also known as TOSSA JUTE The sixth picture above shows the hanging parts of the retted fibres they appear WHITE to my eyes in my computer screen *if the fibres are white, it is surmised that it is Corchorus capsularis * The Indian Jute research institute has these many varieties listed see attached docx . it would be impossible to further classify this plant based on fibres only. confusion may have been because of this quote: " and we used to read in geography " JUTE IS CALLED THE GOLDEN FIBER ". that bengali sentiment was due to good prices that were paid to farmers in the heydays of jute trading. but this is white, the inferior quality of fibres. so i think it may be Corchorus capsularis so what do you think??? usha di On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 12:06 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, Bimal ji, > I think it may be *Corchorus olitorius* L. > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/m/malvaceae/corchorus/corchorus-olitorius> > as > per details herein and as per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jute > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bimal Sar kar <bimal....@gmail.com> > Date: 8 August 2018 at 06:58 > Subject: AN ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY PACKING MATERIAL : CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS > ( JUTE ) > To: > > > For last few days there are many uploads on use of indiscriminate use of > plastic as packing material and the devastating affect it created for the > planet earth. I come from a village in Bangladesh ( then it was East > Pakistan ), Jute was the main cash crop in that part of the sub-continent , > and we used to read in geography " JUTE IS CALLED THE GOLDEN FIBER ". > Even in 1964 when I migrated to India, jute was the main packing material. > Rice, atta , dal, sugar even cement used to come in jute made bags. > Marketing bag used to be jute made. Ropes used to be made of jute. Now you > see hardly any material used for packing is made of jute. We stupid men > realized the problem a little late. We are behaving like " Kalidas ", who > chopped the branch of a tree on which he was sitting. Of late in some > places indiscriminate use of plastic has been banned. So there is a chance > for jute to have a come back, only if govt is serious about it. > Attaching 7 images which shows the journey of jute from a plant to the > fiber. In addition to its use as a paching material tender leaves of jute > is used as a vegetable. Jute stick has many uses in the villages. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2975 members & 3,00,000 messages on 25.7.18) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which 1,00,000 > are directly displayed). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Jute varieties grown in India per jute res institute india .docx
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