Melochia corchorifolia
Chocolate Weed, Chocolateweed
Other regional names: Hirsute Melochia +1 more
- Hirsute Melochia
- Redweed
Also known as: Geruma subtriloba Blanco +16 more
- Geruma subtriloba Blanco
- Hibiscus donii Walp.
- Hibiscus endlicheri Walp.
- Hibiscus ramosus D.Dietr.
- Hibiscus simplex D.Dietr.
- Lochemia corchorifolia (L.) Arn.
- Lochemia supina (DC.) Arn. ex Voigt
- Melochia affinis Wall.
- Melochia borbonica Cav.
- Melochia burmanni Zoll. & Moritzi
- Melochia capitata Bojer
- Melochia concatenata L.
- Melochia erecta Burm.fil.
- Melochia pauciflora Wall.
- Melochia supina L.
- Mougeotia corchorifolia (L.) Kunth
- Polychlaena ramosa G.Don
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Malvaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a annual or subshrub.
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Melochia corchorifolia (commonly known as Chocolate Weed) is an annual or shrub within the Malvaceae family. It naturally occurs in Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, and the Pacific. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in seasonally dry tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Annual
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, AUSTRALASIA, PACIFIC
Regions (WGSRPD)
Australia, China, East Tropical Africa, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, Northeast Tropical Africa, Northwestern Pacific, Papuasia, South Tropical Africa, Southern Africa, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western Indian Ocean
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Qinghai, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Alabama, Andaman Is., Arkansas, Fiji, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Korea, Louisiana, Maryland, Mauritius, Mississippi, Nicobar Is., North Carolina, Panama, Réunion, South Carolina, Texas