Malvaceae
Teabush
Melochia tomentosa
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Melochia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Teabush
- pap
- Basora kòrá
Synonyms
- Melochia arida Rose
- Melochia crenata Bert. ex Spreng.
- Melochia diffusa Bert. ex Spreng.
- Melochia frutescens Jacq.
- Melochia hypoleuca Miq.
- Melochia plicata C.Presl
- Melochia portoricensis Spreng.
- Melochia tomentosa var. bahiensis K.Schum.
- Melochia tomentosa var. frutescens (Jacq.) DC.
- Melochia tomentosa var. tomentosa
- Melochia tomentosa var. turpiniana (Kunth) K.Schum.
- Melochia tomentosa var. typica K.Schum.
- Melochia turpiniana Kunth
- Moluchia frutescens (Jacq.) Medik.
- Moluchia tomentosa (L.) Britton
- Riedlea crenata DC.
- Riedlea hypoleuca (Miq.) Walp.
- Sida rajoides M.E.Jones
- Visenia crenata Spreng.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 439 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Center for Urban Ecology, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Abraham Sánchez Romero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: TDogg310, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Devon Koeller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tereso Hernández Morales, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: John Murtaugh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Kelley Clark, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.