Corchorus olitorius

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Corchorus olitorius

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=== Culinary use===
=== Culinary use===
[[File:Ninnouwi (jute mallow soup).jpg|thumb|240x240px|A spoonful of ninnouwi ('Corchorus olitorius'), a jute mallow stew served in a restaurant in Natitingou, Benin. ]]
''C. olitorius'' is cultivated in [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Palestine]], [[Tunisia]], [[Sudan]] and [[Egypt]] as a potherb and its culinary use goes back at least as far as the Ancient Egyptians. It is an important leafy vegetable in [[Côte d'Ivoire]], [[Benin]], Liberia, [[Nigeria]], [[Ghana]], [[Cameroon]], [[Sudan]], [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]], [[Zambia]] and [[Zimbabwe]]. It is also cultivated and eaten in the [[Caribbean]] and [[Brazil]], in the [[Middle East]] and in [[India]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Japan]] and [[China]]. Its leaves are a special favourite of the [[Bodo people|Boros]] of northeast India, who make a mucilaginous preparation with its dried leaves mixed with fatty pork and lye called ''narji''.
''C. olitorius'' is cultivated in [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Palestine]], [[Tunisia]], [[Sudan]] and [[Egypt]] as a potherb and its culinary use goes back at least as far as the Ancient Egyptians. It is an important leafy vegetable in [[Côte d'Ivoire]], [[Benin]], Liberia, [[Nigeria]], [[Ghana]], [[Cameroon]], [[Sudan]], [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]], [[Zambia]] and [[Zimbabwe]]. It is also cultivated and eaten in the [[Caribbean]] and [[Brazil]], in the [[Middle East]] and in [[India]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Japan]] and [[China]]. Its leaves are a special favourite of the [[Bodo people|Boros]] of northeast India, who make a mucilaginous preparation with its dried leaves mixed with fatty pork and lye called ''narji''.


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