Malvaceae
Hierba del soldado
Melochia umbellata
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Melochia
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Common names
By language (6)
- English
- Hierba del soldado
- Indonesian
- Senu
- Javanese
- Senu
- mad
- Bây-labâyan
- Sundanese
- Bintinu
- Thai
- เท้ายายม่อมหลวง
Synonyms
- Aleurodendron album Reinw.
- Glossospermum cordatum Wall.
- Glossospermum velutinum Wall.
- Hypericum pentandrum Blanco
- Melochia arborea Blanco
- Melochia indica (J.F.Gmel.) Kurz
- Melochia indica var. deglabrata Kds. & Val.
- Melochia odorata var. schlechteri Mildbr.
- Melochia velutina Wall. ex Bedd.
- Riedlea aleurodendron Steud.
- Riedlea cordata Steud.
- Riedlea tiliaefolia DC.
- Riedlea tiliifolia DC.
- Riedlea velutina DC.
- Riedlea wallichiana Steud.
- Visenia alba Endl. ex Walp.
- Visenia indica J.F.Gmel.
- Visenia javanica Jungh.
- Visenia tiliifolia Jungh.
- Visenia tomentosa Miq.
- Visenia umbellata Houtt.
- Visenia umbellata Wight
- Visenia velutina Turcz.
- Visenia velutina (DC.) Voigt
Flowers
- In flower
- January to February (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Daryl Nolan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Muhammad HEEMBOO, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom and T Herman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nick T., CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.