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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Melochia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 674 [as 774]. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 304. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Broom-wood
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Moluchia
|authority=Medikus
|rank=genus
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Physodium
|authority=C. Presl
|rank=genus
}}
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae;Melochia
|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>
|etymology=Arabic melóchich, name for Corchorus olitorius Linnaeus, a salad plant in the East
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 202, 208
|treatment_page=page 210
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism orientation;whole_organism orientation;whole_organism orientation;whole_organism orientation;whole_organism orientation;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual or perennial, subshrubs, or shrubs [trees], erect, spreading, or decumbent, taprooted.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture;stem pubescence;hair architecture;hair arrangement or shape;hair architecture or function or pubescence"><b>Stems </b>unarmed, hairy, hairs usually simple and/or stellate, sometimes also glandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stipule duration">stipules usually deciduous, linearlanceolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="margin presence">blade: margins rarely present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="">anthers 2-thecate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary 5-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="ovule quantity">ovules 2 per locule;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="style quantity;style fusion;style fusion;style shape">styles 5, distinct or basally connate, filiform;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stigma position;stigma shape;stigma relief">stigmas included, decurrent on style, papillose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="fruits capsule shape;fruits capsule architecture;fruits capsule shape;fruits capsule architecture;fruits capsule dehiscence;fruits capsule dehiscence;fruit life cycle;fruit arrangement"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, pyramidal and 5-winged, or schizocarps, subglobular and not winged, dehiscence loculicidal, sometimes also septicidal, fruit then falling apart.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="seed quantity;seed quantity;seed shape;seed shape;seed architecture or pubescence or relief;side quantity;side prominence or shape;side quantity"><b>Seeds </b>1 or 2 per locule, obovoid, with 2 flat sides and 1 rounded, smooth;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="endosperm presence;endosperm texture">endosperm present, fleshy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="embryo course">embryo straight;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="">cotyledon flat.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="cotyledon prominence or shape;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 7, 9, 10.</span><!--

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|distribution=c;se United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia;tropical and subtropical areas
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 60 (4 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Inflorescences: bracteoles at base of pedicel; fruits pyramidal, 5-winged, 7–14 mm diam
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Inflorescences: bracteoles immediately subtending flower; fruits subglobose, not winged, 2.5–6 mm diam
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blades glabrous or glabrate, hairs mostly simple; inflorescences usually leaf-opposed; fruits often purple-blotched.
|[[Melochia pyramidata|Melochia pyramidata]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blades tomentulose and canescent, hairs stellate; inflorescences usually axillary; fruits not purple-blotched.
|[[Melochia tomentosa|Melochia tomentosa]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Inflorescences spikelike; petals 8–11 mm; flowers dimorphic (pistil and stamens of unequal lengths varying inversely in different plants); fruits capsules.
|[[Melochia villosa|Melochia villosa]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Inflorescences terminal and axillary, cymose glomerules; petals 3–6 mm; flowers monomorphic (pistil and stamens of equal lengths); fruits schizocarps.
|[[Melochia corchorifolia|Melochia corchorifolia]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Melochia
|author=Aaron Goldberg†
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=Moluchia;Physodium
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|distribution=c;se United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia;tropical and subtropical areas
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V6/V6_373.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae
|genus=Melochia
|cotyledon prominence or shape=flat
|embryo course=straight
|endosperm presence=absent
|endosperm texture=fleshy
|fruit arrangement=apart
|fruit life cycle=falling
|fruits capsule architecture=not winged;5-winged
|fruits capsule dehiscence=septicidal;loculicidal
|fruits capsule shape=subglobular;pyramidal
|hair architecture=simple
|hair architecture or function or pubescence=glandular
|hair arrangement or shape=stellate
|leaf architecture=petiolate
|margin presence=absent
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=5-locular
|ovule quantity=2
|seed architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|seed quantity=2;1
|seed shape=rounded;obovoid
|side prominence or shape=flat
|side quantity=1;2
|stem architecture=unarmed
|stem pubescence=hairy
|stigma position=included
|stigma relief=papillose
|stigma shape=decurrent
|stipule duration=deciduous
|style fusion=connate;distinct
|style quantity=5
|style shape=filiform
|whole_organism architecture=taprooted
|whole_organism duration=perennial;annual
|whole_organism growth form=shrub;subshrub;herb
|whole_organism orientation=decumbent;spreading;decumbent;spreading;erect
|x chromosome quantity=10;9;7
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