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