

Family: Malvaceae

- Common name: Chocolate Weed, Wire bush, Redweed
- Bengali: Bon-pat, Tikiokra
- Chinese: 野路蔡, 马松子
- Gambia: tumarraturo
- Hindi: Tikiokra, Bilpat, चित्रबीज chitrabee
- Indonesia: gendiran, jaring, orang-aring
- Japan: noji-aoi
- Kannada: Bettadatutti mara
- lemak ketam, limah ketam, pulut-pulut
- Malayalam: Ketam, ചെറു ഊരം
- Marathi: लहान मेथुरी Lahan methuri
- Oriya: Dasokerotan
- Philippines: bankalanan, kalingan
- Senegal: ghud a mbèl, pag hu gor, ntogoyo, tias a mbèl
- Sierra Leone: ndopa-yenge, ngingili, suri
- Sri Lanka: gal kura
- Tamil: பிண்ணாக்குக்கீரை Punnakkukkirai
- Tanzania: pombo
- Telugu: Ganugapindikura
- Thailand: khaang paak put, sa aeng bai mon, seng lek
- Vietanamese: Trứng cua lá bố
Description: Erect branched herbs. Young stem, petioles, bracts and calyx lobes stellate hairy mixed with simple hairs. Leaves varying in size and shape, 2 - 5 x 1 - 2.5 cm, ovate- oblong, cordate or attenuate at base, margin serrate, acute at apex, sparsely hairy on nerves on both sides; petioles to 1 cm long. Flowers in terminal, capitate cymes. Bracts 2-3 mm long, linear-lanceolate, ciliate on margins. Calyx 5-lobed, campanulate, 2-3 mm long; lobes lanceolate, ciliate, Corolla pink, 5, 2-4 mm, obovate, obtuse or retuse at apex. Stamens 5, filaments united at base. Ovary c. 1 mm long, ovoid, 5-celled; ovules 2 in each cells; styles 5. Capsule 3-4 mm, sub - globose, 5- valved. Seeds angular or plano-convex, dark brown or greyish.
Used in Sidha/Siddha. Root powder given with water in snakebite. A decoction of leaves and roots given in cases of dysentery; leaves and roots used for poulticing in cases of smallpox. Leaves for swellings and sores of the abdomen; stem and leaves, boiled in oil, applied as a relief from the bites of water snakes. Plant decoction a remedy against snakebites. Sap applied as an antidote to wounds caused by arrows poisoned with Antiaris toxicaria. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Leaf and root—antidysenteric. Leaf—applied as poultice for swellings of abdomen and sores. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
Leaf and root—antidysenteric. Leaf—applied as poultice for swellings of abdomen and sores. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
1. Hepatoprotective and antioxidant capacity of Melochia corchorifolia extracts Rao, B.G., Y.V. Rao, and T.M. Rao, Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2013. 6(7): p. 537-543.
2. Preliminary phytochemical screening and in-vitro free radical scavenging activity of Melochia corchorifolia plant extracts Palaksha, M.N., K. Ravishankar, and V.G. Sastry, International Journal of Research in Pharmacy and Chemistry, 2013. 3(2): p. 378-383.
3. Anti-bacterial activity of different extracts of Melochia corchorifolia and Spilanthes acmella aerial parts Rao, B.G., Y.V. Rao, and T.M. Rao, Journal of Pharmacy Research, 2012. 5(6): p. 3022-3024.
4. Efficacy of Melochia corchorifolia L. (Sterculiaceae) on feeding behavior of four lepidopteran pests Manickam, P., B. Kathirvelu, and I. Savarimuthu, International Journal of Agricultural Research, 2012. 7(2): p. 58-68.
5. Antifungal flavonoids of Melochia corchorifolia Tripathi, R.C., et al., Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 2010. 87(4): p. 511-512.
6. Isolation and Identification of Taxol, a.A.D.f.P.m.Y., an Endophytic Fungus of Melochia corchorifolia L Kumaran, Rangarajulu Senthil, J. Muthumary, and B.-K. Hur, Food Science and Biotechnology, 2008. 17(6): p. 1246-1253.
7. Nutritional content of Melochia corchorifolia (Linn.) leaves Umar, K.J., et al., International Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2007. 1(4): p. 250-255.
8. Biological activity of Hyptis suaveolens Poit (Lamiaceae) and Melochia chorcorifolia L. (Sterculiaceae) on cowpea weevil, C.m.F.C.B.J., M., et al., Journal of Entomological Research (New Delhi), 2005. 29(4): p. 265-269.
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10. CYCLOPEPTIDE ALKALOIDS FROM MELOCHIA-CORCHORIFOLIA Bhakuni, R.S., Y.N. Shukla, and R.S. Thakur, Phytochemistry, 1987. 26(1): p. 324-325.
11. CHEMICAL-CONSTITUENTS OF MELOCHIA-CORCHORIFOLIA LINN Bhakuni, R.S., Y.N. Shukla, and R.S. Thakur, Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B-Organic Chemistry Including Medicinal Chemistry, 1987. 26(12): p. 1161-1164.
12. 6-METHOXY-3-PROPENYL-2-PYRIDINE CARBOXYLIC-ACID - A NEW PYRIDINE ALKALOID FROM MELOCHIA CORCHORIFOLIA Bhakuni, R.S., Y.N. Shukla, and R.S. Thakur, Chemistry & Industry, 1986(13): p. 464-464.
13. REDWEED (MELOCHIA-CORCHORIFOLIA) GERMINATION AS INFLUENCED BY SCARIFICATION, T., AND SEEDING DEPTH Eastin, E. F., Weed Science, 1983. 31(2): p. 229-231.
14. Melocorin - a new herbacetin glucuronide from Melochia corchorifolia Nair, A.G.R., et al., Indian Journal of Chemistry, B, 1977. 15(11): p. 1045-1045.
15. MELOCORIN - NEW HERBACETIN GLUCURONIDE FROM MELOCHIA-CORCHORIFOLIA Nair, A.G.R., et al., Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B-Organic Chemistry Including Medicinal Chemistry, 1977. 15(11): p. 1045-1045.
16. MELOCORIN A NEW HERBACETIN GLUCURONIDE FROM MELOCHIA-CORCHORIFOLIA Nair, A.G.R., P. Ramesh, and S.S. Subramanian, Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B Organic Chemistry Including Medicinal Chemistry, 1977. 15(11): p. 1045-1045.
17. STERCULIACEAE ALKALOIDS .I. PEPTIDE ALKALOIDS FROM MELOCHIA CORCHORIFOLIA Tschesch.R and I. Reutel, Tetrahedron Letters, 1968(35): p. 3817-&.
18. Contributions to the embryology of Sterculiaceae. III. Melochia corchorifolia L Rao C, V., Jour Indian Bot Soc, 1951. 30: p. 122-131.
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