Hibiscus taiwanensis S.Y.Hu

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Hibiscus

Characteristics

Trees or shrubs, erect, 3-8 m tall, deciduous, entire plant densely strigose and scabrous, not stellate, hairs ca. 3 mm. Petiole 14-17 cm; leaf blade suborbicular, papery, lobes 3-5, broadly triangular, serrate or dentate. Flowers solitary, axillary on upper branches. Pedicel 11-13 cm. Epicalyx lobes 8, filiform, 8-12 × 1.5-2 mm, stellate puberulent, apex acute. Corolla white, sometimes with purple center, very broadly funnel-shaped, 6-9 cm; petals nearly orbicular, 4-5 cm in diam., connate at base, villous, claw bearded.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 3-8 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaf stalks are 14-17 cm long. The leaves are almost round and have 3-5 lobes. There are teeth along the edge. The flowers occur singly in the axils on the upper branches. The flowers are white and can have a purple centre.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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It is a subtropical plant.
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Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
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Images

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Hibiscus taiwanensis unspecified picture

Distribution

Hibiscus taiwanensis world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:560891-1
WFO ID wfo-0001077843
COL ID 3LKBN
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Synonyms

Hibiscus taiwanensis