Bahamas, Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl.
(Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla,
Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique,
Montserrat, Nevis, St. Barthelemy, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Tobago,
Trinidad, Costa Rica, Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco,
Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi,
Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Colombia (Atlntico, Bolvar, La Guajira,
Magdalena), Peru, Nicaragua, Belize, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, NE-Brazil
(Ceara), SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Venezuela (Anzoategui, Bolivar, Carabobo,
Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Guarico, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Zulia), Sri
Lanka (I),
Vietnam (I)
as per Catalogue of Life;
Pl find attached the photos of Melochia nodiflora.
It was observed at Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
As I could not retrieve my original photos immediately, I attach the photos taken from my Google photo account at lessor resolutions.

Thanks a lot, …, for new addition to efloraofindia.


 

 

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This wild herb, flowering/fruiting in its last stages was recorded from ACJ Bose Botanical Garden, Howrah, West Bengal..
I think it should be Melochia nodiflora… please correct me, if required…!!


I guess ID is correct …