Plant Details

Accepted name:: Melochia corchorifolia L. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ban pate	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bettada thuttthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ceruvuram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitrabeez	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittentakura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittentha koora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chocolate weed	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
cittentakura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gal kura	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
gangupindi kura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganugapindikoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganugapindikura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
herbe à balai	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
methuri gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulumbwa	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
niruren	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patuwa jhar	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
pinnakku keerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinnakku-k-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinnakkukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinnakkuppundu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinnakkuppuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinnukuk kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punnakkukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punnakupoodu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitha kura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sithantakoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitnata kura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thulak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thutthurubenda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tikiokra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsjerroo uren	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsjeru-uren	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsjeruuren	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tutturubenda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild mallow	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Riedlea corchorifolia (L.) DC. Prodr. 1: 491 (1824).
Geruma subtriloba Blanco Fl. Filip.: 182 (1837).
Hibiscus donii Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 304 (1842).
Hibiscus endlicheri Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 304 (1842).
Hibiscus ramosus D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 4: 838 (1847).
Hibiscus simplex D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 4: 838 (1847), nom. illeg.
Lochemia corchorifolia (L.) Arn. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 11: 172 (1839).
Lochemia supina (DC.) Arn. ex Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 109 (1845).
Melochia affinis Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1198 (1829).
Melochia burmanni Zoll. & Moritzi in A.Moritzi, Syst. Verz. Java: 27 (1846).
Melochia capitata Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 38 (1837), not validly publ.
Melochia concatenata L. Sp. Pl.: 675 (1753).
Melochia erecta Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 143 (1768).
Melochia fasciculata Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 20 (1790), nom. nud.
Melochia pauciflora Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1199 (1829), not validly publ.
Melochia supina L. Sp. Pl.: 675 (1753).
Melochia truncata Willd. Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 3: 601 (1800).
Mougeotia corchorifolia (L.) Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 326 (1823).
Polychlaena ramosa G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 488 (1831).
Polychlaena simplex G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 488 (1831).
Riedlea capitata Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 38 (1837), not validly publ.
Riedlea concatenata DC. Prodr. 1: 492 (1824).
Riedlea radiata Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 86 (1825).
Riedlea supina (L.) DC. Prodr. 1: 491 (1824).
Riedlea truncata DC. Prodr. 1: 491 (1824).
Sida cuneifolia Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 50 (1814), nom. nud.
Visenia concatenata Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 3: 31 (1826).
Visenia corchorifolia (L.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 3: 30 (1826).
Visenia supina (L.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 3: 31 (1826).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Melochia corchorifolia	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Melochia corchorifolia L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Melochia corchorifolia L., nom. cons.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Melochia corchorifolia Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Riedlea corchorifolia DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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