Melochia corchorifolia L.

English: Chocolateweed

Mandarin: 马松子 (ma song zi)

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Malvales (80)

        Family: Malvaceae (60)(family description)

          Genus: Melochia (2)

            Epithet: corchorifolia L. (1)

corchorifolia => leaves similar to the genus Corchorus

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: pink, yellow, white

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

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.