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Melochia tomentosa - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Melochia tomentosa - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Melochia tomentosa - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Melochia tomentosa - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Melochia tomentosa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Melochia tomentosa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1915
Date of entry: 29.04.2012
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2635)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)

      Order: Malvales (80)

        Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)

          Genus: Melochia (2)

            Epithet: tomentosa L. (7)

tomentosa => densely covered with short, soft, tangled hairs

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet

External links

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