Hibiscus rostellatus Guill. & Perr.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Hibiscus

Characteristics

An erect shrub. It grows 3-5 m high. The stems have bristles. The fruit is a capsule 1 cm high.
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Flowers large, yellow, with a dark purple centre.
More or less hispid and with recurved prickles
Undershrub, to 10 ft. high, or half-climbing
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 3.05
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Environment

Riverine forest, edges of humid or flooded forest associations, depressions, savannah, river banks, swamp, clearings, cultivations; at elevations up to 1,400 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows as an under-shrub near swamps in forests in Africa. It grows in wet grass savannah.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
Uses food material medicinal poison
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Hibiscus rostellatus world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Chad, Togo, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:560760-1
WFO ID wfo-0000723012
COL ID 3LK7Y
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Synonyms

Abelmoschus rostellatus Hibiscus furcellatoides Hibiscus rostellatus Hibiscus rostellatus var. congolanus

Lower taxons

Hibiscus rostellatus var. goossensii Hibiscus rostellatus var. sudanensis