Malvaceae
Chocolateweed
Melochia corchorifolia
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Melochia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Bambara
- Falagɔn
- Chinese
- 野路葵, 马松子, 木达地黄
- dag
- Poloponkore
- English
- Chocolateweed, Chocolate weed
- ff
- Tukurra
- Hausa
- Tukura
- Japanese
- ノジアオイ
- Korean
- 불암초, 길뚝아욱
- Malayalam
- ചെറു ഊരം
Synonyms
- Geruma subtriloba Blanco
- Hibiscus donii Walp.
- Hibiscus endlicheri Walp.
- Hibiscus ramosus D.Dietr.
- Lochemia corchorifolia (L.) Arn.
- Lochemia supina (DC.) Arn. ex Voigt
- Melochia affinis Wall.
- Melochia burmanni Zoll. & Moritzi
- Melochia capitata Bojer
- Melochia concatenata L.
- Melochia erecta Burm.f.
- Melochia pauciflora Wall.
- Melochia supina L.
- Melochia truncata Willd.
- Mougeotia corchorifolia (L.) Kunth
- Polychlaena ramosa G.Don
- Polychlaena simplex G.Don
- Riedlea capitata Bojer
- Riedlea concatenata DC.
- Riedlea corchorifolia (L.) DC.
- Riedlea radiata Blume
- Riedlea supina (L.) DC.
- Riedlea truncata DC.
- Sida cuneifolia
- Visenia concatenata Spreng.
- Visenia corchorifolia (L.) Spreng.
- Visenia supina (L.) Spreng.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Renjusplace, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rison Thumboor from Thrissur, India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rison Thumboor from Thrissur, India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.