Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Lochemia corchorifolia Arn. |
| synonym | Melochia affinis Wall. |
| synonym | Melochia borbonica Cav. |
| synonym | Melochia concatenata L. |
| synonym | Melochia fasciculata Noronha |
| synonym | Melochia pauciflora Wall. |
| synonym | Melochia supina L. |
| synonym | Melochia truncata Willd. |
| synonym | Mougeotia corchorifolia (L.) Kunth |
| synonym | Polychlaena ramosa G. Don |
| synonym | Polychlaena simplex G. Don |
| synonym | Riedlea borbonica (Cav.) DC. |
| synonym | Riedlea capitata Boj. |
| synonym | Riedlea concatenata (L.) DC. |
| synonym | Riedlea corchorifolia (L.) DC. |
| synonym | Riedlea radiata Bl. |
| synonym | Riedlea supina (L.) DC. |
| synonym | Riedlea truncata DC. |
| synonym | Visenia concatenata Spreng. |
| synonym | Visenia corchorifolia (L.) Spreng. |
| synonym | Visenia supina Spreng. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Erect branched herbs. Young stem, petioles, bracts and calyx lobes stellate hairy mixed with simple hairs. Leaves varying in size and shape, 2 - 5 x 1 - 2.5 cm, ovate- oblong, cordate or attenuate at base, margin serrate, acute at apex, sparsely hairy on nerves on both sides; petioles to 1 cm long. Flowers in terminal, capitate cymes. Bracts 2-3 mm long, linear-lanceolate, ciliate on margins. Calyx 5-lobed, campanulate, 2-3 mm long; lobes lanceolate, ciliate, Corolla pink, 5, 2-4 mm, obovate, obtuse or retuse at apex. Stamens 5, filaments united at base. Ovary c. 1 mm long, ovoid, 5-celled; ovules 2 in each cells; styles 5. Capsule 3-4 mm, sub - globose, 5- valved. Seeds angular or plano-convex, dark brown or greyish.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habit: Woody Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Degraded deciduous forest areas and wasteplaces
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Degraded deciduous forest areas and waste places
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Pantropical
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Maharashtra: Common throughout
Karnataka: Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, S. Kanara
Kerala: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Odisha, Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim
Indian Distribution
Kamrup
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
Siddha
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2544
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2544 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
- Melochia corchorifolia L., Sp. Pl. 675. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 374. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 110(79). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 51. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 94. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 81. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 68. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 80. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 81. 1989; K.C. Malick in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 441. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 86. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 39. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 67. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 100. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 36. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 42. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 33. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 108. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 95. 2005; V. Chithra in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 462. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 138. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 163. 2009.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2544
Information Listing > References
- Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
- Melochia corchorifolia L., Sp. Pl. 675. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 374. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 110(79). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 51. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 94. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 81. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 68. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 80. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 81. 1989; K.C. Malick in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 441. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 86. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 39. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 67. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 100. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 36. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 42. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 33. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 108. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 95. 2005; V. Chithra in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 462. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 138. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 163. 2009.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2544
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Malvales Juss. |
| Family | Malvaceae Juss. |
| Genus | Melochia |
| Species | Melochia corchorifolia L. |
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