Corchorus tridens Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 566. 1771.

RCN: 3931.

Lectotype (Stevels in Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 90-1: 239. 1990): [icon] " Corchorus trilocularis " in Burman, Fl. Indica: 123, t. 37, f. 2. 1768.

Current name: Corchorus tridens L. ( Tiliaceae).

Note: See Wild (in Leistner, Fl. Southern Africa 21: 34. 1984) for a discussion of the cited Burman and Plukenet plates.