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|accepted_name=Melochia corchorifolia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 675. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Chocolate weed;hirsute melochia;redweed
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Riedlea corchorifolia
|authority=(Linnaeus) de Candolle
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae;Melochia;Melochia corchorifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Melochia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Melochia corchorifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 210
|treatment_page=page 211
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual or perennial, or subshrubs, to 2 m, taprooted. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.3–5.5 cm; blade ovate to lanceolate, 1.3–9 × 1–7 cm, glabrate, hairs simple on veins. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, cymose glomerules, 10–25-flowered; bracteoles 3 or 4, immediately subtending flower. <b>Flowers</b> monomorphic; calyx 2–2.5 mm, teeth acute, distant and sinuses between them rounded; petals purple, pink, or white with yellow base, 3–6 × 1–1.5 mm; stamens and pistil equal, 2.5–3.2 mm. <b>Fruits</b> schizocarps, white, pink, green, purplish, or black, subglobose, not winged, not beaked, 4–5 × 5–6 mm, dehiscence loculicidal and then septicidal, fruit falling apart. <b>Seeds</b> 1 per locule. <b>2n</b> = 36, 46.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting (spring–)summer–fall.
|habitat=Agricultural lands, open pinelands, meadows, waste ground, wet or dry soil
|elevation=0–300(–1000) m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Asia;Pacific Islands (East Indies;Papua New Guinea;Philippines);Australia (Queensland);introduced also in Central America (Panama);South America (Brazil);Africa.
|introduced=true
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Melochia corchorifolia
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Riedlea corchorifolia
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting (spring–)summer–fall.
|habitat=Agricultural lands, open pinelands, meadows, waste ground, wet or dry soil
|elevation=0–300(–1000) m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Asia;Pacific Islands (East Indies;Papua New Guinea;Philippines);Australia (Queensland);introduced also in Central America (Panama);South America (Brazil);Africa.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Illustrated;Introduced;Weedy
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|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae
|genus=Melochia
|species=Melochia corchorifolia
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