Common name
English: Chocolateweed
Mandarin: 马松子 (ma song zi)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2625)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)
Order: Malvales (80)
Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)
Genus: Melochia (2)
Epithet: corchorifolia L. (1)
Synonyms: Geruma subtriloba Blanco, Hibiscus donii Walp., Hibiscus endlicheri Walp., Lochemia corchorifolia Arn., Lochemia supina Arn.
corchorifolia => leaves similar to the genus Corchorus
donii => in honor of David Don (1799-1841), Scottish botanist.
endlicheri => in honor of Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher (1804-1849), Botanic Garden Director in Vienna, Austria
supina => lying down
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: pink, yellow, white
External links
Check for Melochia corchorifolia at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [300] Melochia corchorifolia - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [1636] Melochia corchorifolia - Flora of China @ efloras.org