Corchorus sulcatus I.Verd.

Perennial with woody rootstock; branches prostrate, usually under 0.3 m long, sericeous or sericeo-villous. Leaf-blade 10-32 x 4-16 mm, ovate, subrotund or narrowly ovate-oblong, margin crenate-dentate, lateral nerves deeply impressed on the upper surface, prominent beneath, sulcate between the lateral nerves, upper surface sericeous or sparsely villous becoming almost glabrous, lower surface densely and persistently appressed sericeo-villous; petiole 2-10 mm long, sericeous or villous. Inflorescence of small 1-3-flowered cymes subopposite the leaves, subsessile or with a peduncle up to 1.5 mm long; pedicels 1-4 mm long, villous, strongly recurved at fruiting stage; bracts narrowly linear, acuminate, sparsely pilose. Sepals about 6 x 1.75 mm, narrowly lanceolate-elliptic, pilose without. Petals yellow, about as long as the sepals, obovate, shortly clawed, claw very sparsely and minutely ciliate. Androgynophore about 0.75 mm long. Stamens numerous; filaments about 4 mm long; anthers 0.75 mm long. Ovary 3-locular, narrowly oblong-elliptic, densely strigose; style about 4 mm long, more or less glabrous. Capsule 15-25 mm long, 3-valved; pedicels strongly recurved, about 4 mm long, persistent.