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Family: Sterculaceae	Genus: Melochia	Species: Melochia corchorifolia Linn.( बिलपत )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Geruma subtriloba Blanco, Hibiscus donii Walp., Melochia affinis Wall.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Chocolate Weed, Tikiokra, Bilpat	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name	Chocolate Weed	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Bilpat	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up to 1800 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Capsule globose, 5-angular. Seeds 1 or 2 per cell, brown-black, ovoid, slightly triangular.
Habitat	Mostly found in sunny or slightly shaded, humid localities such as river banks, lake shores and alluvial plains.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Eastern and southern Africa through Eastern and southern Asia to Australia and the Solomon Islands	Bark Details	Smooth and yellow brown in colour.
Distribution in Haryana	, Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Shrub up to 1 m tall, erect or decumbent. Branches yellow-brown, sparsely stellate puberulent. Leaves green; leaf blade ovate, oblong-ovate, or lanceolate, rarely obscurely 3-lobed, thinly papery, basal veins 5, base rounded or cordate, margin dentate, apex acute or obtuse. Flower in dense cyme or glomerule, terminal or axillary. Epicalyx lobes 4, hairy. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed. Petals 5, white, drying reddish, oblong. Stamens 5, connate at base, opposite petals. Ovary sessile, densely velutinous; styles 5, filiform. Capsule globose, 5-angular; Seeds 1 or 2 per cell, brown-black, ovoid, slightly triangular.	Leaf Details	Leaves green; leaf blade ovate, oblong-ovate, or lanceolate, rarely obscurely 3-lobed, thinly papery, basal veins 5, base rounded or cordate, margin dentate, apex acute or obtuse.

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