Melochia corchorifolia L. , Sp. Pl. 675 1753. (Syn: Geruma subtriloba Blanco; Hibiscus donii Walp.; Hibiscus endlicheri Walp.; Lochemia corchorifolia Arn.; Melochia affinis Wall.; Melochia burmanni Zoll. & Mor.; Melochia concatenata L.; Melochia erecta Burm. f.; Melochia longibracteolata Arènes; Melochia pauciflora Wall.; Melochia supina L.; Melochia truncata Willd.; Mougeotia corchorifolia (L.) Kunth; Polychlaena ramosa G. Don; Polychlaena simplex G. Don; Riedlea capitata Bojer (Unresolved); Riedlea concatenata (L.) DC.; Riedlea radiata Blume; Riedlea supina (L.) DC.; Riedlea truncata (Willd.) DC.; Riedleia corchorifolia (L.) DC.; Riedleia supina (L.) DC.; Sida cuneifolia Roxb.; Visenia concatenata (L.) Spreng.; Visenia corchorifolia (L.) Spreng.; Visenia supina (L.) Spreng.); mi-LOH-kee-uh -- from the Arabic name melochien (of ?) commonly known as: chocolateweed, wire bush • *Hindi*: bundahia, bundava, चित्रबीज chitrabeez, thulak, tikiokra • *Malayalam*: niruren, tsjeru-uren • *Marathi*: लहान मेथुरी lahan methuri • *Tamil*: பிண்ணாக்குக்கீரை pinnakkukkirai • *Telugu*: gangupindi, kura, sitha kura, sitnata kura, tutturubenda Native to: tropical Asia Wild plant seen near a lake on 12/11/14. Tiny pink flowers and reddish leaves. this should be Melochia corchorifolia L. Thanks a lot for the quick id. I was quite sure it was from Malvaceae but could not find a match. I have seen and posted before, the reddish leaves confused me. Does this come under the family Malvaceae or Sterculiaceae (as in FOI)? Sterculiaceae as per B&H and Malvaceae as per APG The plant identified by ... is correct and the plant belongs to family Malvaceae but its also called chocolate weed for nothing
Melochia corchorifolia L., wild weed from moist places, observed from Kancheepuram district of Tamilnadu
This one is a small herb. Bot name: Melochia corchorifolia Family: Sterculiaceae Photographed at "Wagha chi wadi" Panvel Region.
Seen this small herb at "Prabal-Matheran Valley. Bot name: Melochia corchorifolia Family: Sterculiaceae Date/Time: 16-09-2012 / 09:00AM Melochia corchorifolia: Seen this small herb at "Prabal-Matheran Valley. Bot name: Melochia corchorifolia Family: Sterculiaceae Date/Time: 16-09-2012 / 09:00AM So these are from hills of Matheran? walking around in and around township or the trekking fields? This valley is remote and no tourists around. Its far far away from main Matheran township.
Melochia corchorifolia at Gorewada, Nagpur.
While going thru my old collection, i noticed this plant unidentified. Looks like Melochia corchorifolia?? Location: near Mahabalipuram. I agree with your id ...
Attached are pictures of Melochia corchorifolia captured at Ovalekar Wadi, Thane, Maharashtra in September 2012. Please validate.
Melochia corchorifolia from Kaithal (Haryana), though occasional elsewhere too.. Date/Time-: 06/09/15 - 11:30 Location- Place, Altitude - Kaiga, Uttar Kannada, Karnataka, 380 mtrs Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- wild Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb - Shrub Length- 1mtr Melochia corchorifolia L. Sharing some pictures for ID shot at Chitwan, Nepal on 10 August 2014 at 600 ft. Melochia corchorifolia L. family Malvaceae. Thank you ... for ID. Nepali Names: बन पाते Ban Paate / पटुवा झार Patuwaa Jhaar / फुली झार Phuli Jhaar
ID Kannur 02 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) - 3 mb each. Please identify this herb. Is it Melochia? It is from Kannur District of Kerala. Altitude : 450 feet approximately... It looks like Melochia nodiflora Thanks, .... But to me it looks different from images of Melochia nodiflora at Encyclopedia of Life (Specimen) inaturalist As images are not matching with Melochia pyramidata also, it is most likely to be Melochia corchorifolia only. Sida. Which species? except cordata and acuta It must be the chocolate weed, Melochia corchorifolia. Melochia corchorifolia
Height: 2 feet, Leaves Simple with wavy margin inflorescence Clustered cyme, White flowers with yellowish middle. Melochia corchorifolia of Sterculiaceae. Flowers about 1 cm and leaves 5-7 cm I had heard about the plant but not seen yet. Somewhat similar and close to Sida species but obviously different.
mi-LOH-kee-uh -- from the Arabic name melochien (of ?) kor-koh-rih-FOH-lee-uh -- having leaves like Corchorus [image: Melochia corchorifolia]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> Aug 26, 2007 at at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai commonly known as: chocolateweed, wire bush • *Hindi*: bundahia, bundava, चित्रबीज chitrabeez, thulak, tikiokra • *Malayalam*: niruren, tsjeru-uren • *Marathi*: लहान मेथुरी lahan methuri • *Tamil*: பிண்ணாக்குக்கீரை pinnakkukkirai • *Telugu*: gangupindi, kura, sitha kura, sitnata kura, tutturubenda Native to: tropical Asia - [image: Tsjeru-uren (in Malayalam)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>... Sep 26, 2009 at Pooja Farms (resort) near Kolad, Maharashtra - ... more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Melochiacorchorifoli... Sending some of my recent photographs to complement ...
A small to mid sized shrub. I don't remember the details but the flower size similar to Sida? I think this is Melochia corchorifolia. Please validate. Affirmative Dr. .... This is Melochia corchorifolia. My photographs of this are available in the archives of this group Sending some of my more recent photographs. Melochia corchorifolia Though I have said that there are differences in both, the characters remain completely the same which I will enumerate further. No two plants can be perfectly same. One has to conclude according to matching characters which you also agree. The characters for the said plant which I checked from BSI flora are as follows. Some characters which can't be seen but I know because I have seen the plant.(Esp. regarding sizes which can't be shown here) Herbs upto 1m tall.....Fitting. Leaves 2.5-6.3bye 0.6-4.0cm, ovate oblong sometimes obscurely 3 lobed.....fitting. glabrous or with a few scattered stellate hairs, apex acute,base acute obtuse or truncate....fitting Margins serrate...fitting. Flowers 1cm across ....fitting. in terminal densely crowded clusters....fitting perfectly. Capsule depressed, globose, hispid(Covered with stiff hair;bristly)...fitting Seeds angled,mottled black grey......Not seen here...(Limitation). Still I may be completely wrong in identifying my plant. You said the differences are major. If you can tell me the differences in characters please let me know so that I can study further. Or if there is a scenario that you know of any other plant with above listed characters which may be possible please let me know so that I can check my notes again. Incidently myself and ... are also medical doctors who will not come to diagnosis only from the gross features. The plant posted by ... and the one posted by ... (link provided by ...) are the same species. This species is distributed widely and place to place it shows variations in color, leaf shape and etc. Sometimes huge variations such as cordate to round leaf base in some places, the leaves are slightly lobed as well.
melochia corchorifolia over the past few weeks my place in alibaug pale pink and white flowers with yellow centers at my place in alibaug this past week Nice photographs. I had also seen this herb few days back in Prabalgad region.
Looks like Melochia chorchorifolia.... Should be read as M. corchorifolia, please...--
Melochia corchorifolia L. (family Malvaceae) Native to most of Europe, North Africa, western Asia, Siberia; naturalized elsewhere References: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?34458 ... NPGS / GRIN http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200009684 ... eFlora http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Sisymbrium+officinale ... PFAF http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Sisymbrium.html#officinale ... M.M.P.N.D. Search in eFI archive for interesting discussions. Thanks a lot ... It seemed familiar to me and after reading your email I realized that I had posted this plant from Karjat last month and it was identified as Melochia corchorifolia by ... but this time the presence of fruits got me confused. Thanks again for your help.
pl give some clue to identify the following plant Locality: Khopoli, Raigad, Maharashtra Time of collection: Sept 12 Herb: Upto 3 feet high Stem: Less branched herb abruptly ending in flowers heads. Leaves: serrate, truncate. Flowers: pale pink, 0.5cm across. Fruits: 0.4cm across with persistent stigma.This is Melochia corchorifolia.
Pl. find the attached file contain phot for id. confirmation. Location: Adyar, Chennai Date: 12.11.2013 Habitat: garden ... Melochia corchorifolia of Malavaceae, Sterculiaceae Yes Melochia corchorifolia
Habit: Herb Habitat: Agriculture landMelochia corchorifolia L. Sterculiaceae
Date :10/11/12 Location: Mirza[Dist- Kamrup(Rural)], Assam Habitat: Grows on bank of the pond Habit :Herb Flower : Small, Light pink in colour Fruits : Seen Flowers look similar to that of Melochia corchorifolia? Melochia corchorifolia L. as per images herein.
Fwd: IDENTIFICATION : 9 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage. This plant is a weed on the road side. Small in size with pink flowers. Flowers visited by butterflies, wasps and bees. Can it be some species of Sida ? Not sida. But other closely related genera. Oxalis dehradunensis you saw ... response i hope and thanks for another great collage Could it be Melochia corchorifolia? Yes, ... from me. Looks like Melochia corchorifolia to me too. Yes, I also agree with ... only.
Please help me to identify Location : Chennai outskirts Date :06/08/19 Elevation : 23 mts. Habitat :Urban garden Habit : Weed is it Melochia corchorifolia ? Yes, it is Melochia corchorifolia.. Yes, you're right, ... Yes, Correct ID.
Identification : 6 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3) Kindly identify the plant. Date/Time- 10 SEP 2019 Location-Place, Altitude, GPS- Savandurga Hill, Karnataka 562201, 12° 55' 4.28'' N 77° 17' 56.07'' E. Altitude 851 Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild Plant Habit-Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Shrub Height/Length- 1.5 meter Flower – Very faint purple white, pentamer, Inner side of petal base greenish yellow. Does this belong to Primulaceae (Primrose family)? Melochia corchorifolia L. Agree with Melochia corchorifolia. Still wd like to see habit and leaves Yes, it's Malvaceae family member (Melochia corchorifolia) only. ..., not belongs to Primulaceae why because of petals free clearly, when it belongs Primulaceae they must have petals fused and a long tube,
Melochia corchorifolia L. : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)-1, 1, 2 & 2 mb. Location: Ranimahal, Palpa Date: 25 September 2019 Elevation:453 m. Habit : Wild Attachments (1) - 5 mb. Yes sir ! I have seen it on hikes in SE USA. supposed to be a medicinal plant in Malayasia. considered a weed in USa and you found it in Nepal. I am intrigued. is it widespread where you found it? I wonder if we see it in India? Widespread in Gujarat , Maharashtra and Southern states too ! Tamilnadu has more than one species of Melochia. Not too many population at one location rather scant distribution. References:
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