Flower; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 1/1999 © Jörn Germer
Flower bud; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 1/1999 © Jörn Germer
Flower; Núi Cấm, Tịnh Biên, An Giang, Vietnam; 11/2019 © Jörn Germer
Flower, side view; Núi Cấm, Tịnh Biên, An Giang, Vietnam; 11/2019 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Núi Cấm, Tịnh Biên, An Giang, Vietnam; 11/2019 © Jörn Germer
Branch; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 1/1999 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Núi Cấm, Tịnh Biên, An Giang, Vietnam; 11/2019 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 208 Date of entry: 12.12.2005 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Bush Sorrel
Mandarin: 刺芙蓉 (ci fu rong)
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Malvales (81)
Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)
Genus: Hibiscus (9)
Epithet: surattensis L. (2)
surattensis => from the Surat Thani province of Thailand
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: yellow
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