Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
ചെമ്പരത്തി
| Family: | MALVACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Rose of China | ||||
| Synonym: | Hibiscus rosa-sinensis varrosa-sinensisL. | ||||
| Common Name: | Shoe flower, Chinese rose | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | Throughout the year | ||||
| Distribution: | Widely grown in tropical Asia | ||||
| Habitat: | Grown as ornamental | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental, hair growth promotion | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Hibiscus are shrubs; stems woody and glabrous.Leaves alternate, ovate, serrate, crenate or entire, sometimes dentate towards apex, acute to acuminate at apex. Flower axillary, solitary. Epicalyx lobes 5-8, connate at base, lanceolate , sparsely stellate-pubescent. Calyx campanulate; lobes connate to middle, lanceolate, stellate and glandular-pilose outside. Corolla infundibular , red, white, pink, yellow or orange yellow; petals obovate and entire. Staminal column to 5 cm long,exserted beyond corolla, antheriferous in upper half. Capsules oblong-rounded | ||||