Annual fiber plant, 2-4 m high, growing in the tropics. Its homeland is East India. It is grown to obtain the fiber named jute. Jute used in commerce is obtained from two kinds of plants: One is Corchorus capsularis and the other is Corchorus olitorius. These plants reach 2-4 meters in length in a year.
It naturally grows in Bangladesh. The genus Colitorius is also known and started to be cultivated in Mediterranean countries. It is arrival to America is around 1870. It is produced in the states of Texas and South Carolina in the USA.
Almost all of the world jute production belongs to India and Bangladesh. One of the reasons why the production is high here is that the labor is very cheap. Jute is very difficult to collect. The plant becomes an adult in 5 months. It should be collected when it blooms. Coinciding with the seed period, the crop is heavy, but the fibers are thickened and hardened. The collected jute plant is baled and thrown into the pools. Pools are kept covered with wood or weights. In running water or clean water pools, the shells of the plant rot and open. The fibers are removed from the shells and dried by laying. The next processes are continued with machines in the factories. As in cotton yarn production, it is cleaned by passing through combs, completely separated into fibers, and wound on bobbins as thread. Rope thicknesses vary according to the purpose.