Digital Herbarium of Crop Plants
Establishment of Digital Herbarium and Herbal museum for Crop plant by Department of Crop Botany, GAU
Family: Malvaceae Popular name: The Mallow Family Taxonomic Position (according to Cronquist) Kingdom : Plantae Division :Magnoliophyta Class :Magnoliopsida Subclass :Dilleniidae Order :Malvales Family :Malvaceae Identifying Characters of the Family Presence of stellate or tuffed hairs on the vegetative parts Presence of mucilage cavities Stipulate, palmately lobed leaves Stamens […]
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Jute Bangla /Local name: পাট (‘Pat’) Two species of jute are cultivated: White jute: Corchorus capsularis L. Tossa jute : C. olitorius L. Table 1. Differences between Corchorus capsularis and C.olitorius Corchorus capsularis L. C. olitorius L. Shorter than C olitorius plant Taller than Corchorus capsularis Leaves are dark green Leaves are light green Leaf is bitter […]
Read moreFamily- Malvaceae Popular name: The Mallow Family Taxonomic Position (According to Cronquist) Kingdom : Plantae Division :Magnoliophyta Class : Magnoliopsida Subclass :Dilleniidae Order : Malvales Family : Malvaceae Identifying Characters of the Family Presence of stellate or tuffed hairs on the vegetative parts Presence of mucilage cavities Stipulate, palmately lobed leaves Stamens monoadelphous Stamens epipetalous Pollen spiny, multiporate Axile […]
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