Melochia corchorifolia L.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along track to Chobe Camp, Ngoma

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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect annual herb, up to 2 m but usually less. Stems with a line of stellate hairs. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to ovate, often 5-veined from the base; margin serrate. Flowers in dense axillary and terminal clusters, white with a yellow base. Capsule 5 mm in diameter, subspherical, 5-valved, surrounded by the persistent calyx.
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Habitat:	In a variety of disturbed habitats, often as a weed of cultivation.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread throughout the Old World tropics.
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 28 March 2018
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 275. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 80. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 108. Wild, H. (1960-1). Sterculiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 534 - 535. (Includes a picture).

Flora of Botswana: Melochia corchorifolia
Flora of Burundi: Melochia corchorifolia
Flora of Malawi: Melochia corchorifolia
Flora of Mozambique: Melochia corchorifolia
Flora of Zambia: Melochia corchorifolia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Melochia corchorifolia

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