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Cuban Jute
Cuban Jute
Sida rhombifolia
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual or Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical grassland
Range
Americas
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Cuban jute is a tropical perennial plant that grows in the Old World tropics and subtropics. It is sometimes mistaken for Indian hemp and Queensland-hemp, but it is a different species.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Sida
Species
Sida rhombifolia