Melochia nodiflora (Introduced) – eFlora of India

July 3, 2017
Melochia

Melochia nodiflora Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 97 1788. (syn: Melochia carpinifolia J.C. Wendl.; Melochia conglobata Sessé & Moc.; Mougeotia nodiflora (Sw.) Kunth; Riedlea nodiflora (Sw.) DC.; Visenia nodiflora (Sw.) Spreng.);

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;

Fwd: Request for images of Melochia nodiflora : 1 post by 1 author.

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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Melochia nodiflora for validation from Howrah:: NS March 2020-05 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)

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 …

References:

Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 IPNI
Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal Encyclopedia of Life (Specimen) Plants of the Eastern Caribbean Plants of Saint Lucia inaturalist

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