VIRBOGA
Home Collections Lists Contact

Common name

English: Red sorrel

German: Afrikanische Malve, Roselle, Sabdariff-Eibisch

Mandarin: 玫瑰茄 (mei gui qie)

Portuguese: Caruru De Guine, Quiabo Da Angola

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Malvales (80)

        Family: Malvaceae (60)(family description)

          Genus: Hibiscus (9)

            Epithet: sabdariffa L. (1)

sabdariffa => H. sabdariffa, origin and meaning debatable

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: red, yellow, beige

External links

Check for Hibiscus sabdariffa at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

Search for more