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Key to Corchorus

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1 Plants glabrous or sparsely pubescent (the hairs simple, if present).
  2 Capsule 1-2 cm long, angular, winged; seeds < 1 mm long
  2 Capsule 2.5-7 cm long, subterete, not winged; seeds ca. 1 mm long.
    3 Capsule with an attenuate beak; seeds separated by incomplete transverse partitions
    3 Capsule truncate with 4 toothlike projections; seeds no separated by partitions