| Latin Name: | Abutilon theophrasti |
| Common Name: | China jute |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Synonyms: | A. avicennae. Gaertn. |
| Known Hazards: | None known |
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Author: Medik.
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| Habit: Annual |
| Habitat: Cultivated ground and waste places in the Mediterranean[50]. |
| Height: 0.9 Width: |
Cultivation Details:
Requires full sun or part day shade and a fertile well-drained soil[200]. Tolerates a pH in the range 5 to 8.2.
This species is cultivated for its fibre in China and Russia where it succeeds as far north as latitude 56°n in W. Siberia[61, 123]. It is hardier and more disease-resistant than Jute (Corchorus spp.)[123].
Introduced to N. America in the eighteenth century, it has become a pestilential weed in many parts of the country[207].
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Propagation Notes:
Seed - sow early April in a greenhouse. Plant out in May. An outdoor sowing in April to early May in situ could also be tried.
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