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Hibiscus tiliaceus - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region, Ghana; 9/2005 © Jörn Germer

Hibiscus tiliaceus - Flower side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower side view; Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region, Ghana; 9/2005 © Jörn Germer

Hibiscus tiliaceus - Fruit - Click to enlarge!

Fruit; Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region, Ghana; 9/2005 © Jörn Germer

Hibiscus tiliaceus - Ripening fruit in cross section - Click to enlarge!

Ripening fruit in cross section; Ngu Lac, Duyên Hai District, Tra Vinh, Vietnam; 12/2019 © Jörn Germer

Hibiscus tiliaceus - Top and lower side of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Top and lower side of leaf; Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region, Ghana; 9/2005 © Jörn Germer

Hibiscus tiliaceus - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region, Ghana; 9/2005 © Jörn Germer

Hibiscus tiliaceus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region, Ghana; 9/2005 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 117
Date of entry: 30.11.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Sea Hibiscus

German: Lindenblättriger Eibisch

Mandarin: 黄槿 (huang jin)

Portuguese: Algodoeiro-da-praia

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Malvales (81)

        Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)

          Genus: Hibiscus (9)

            Epithet: tiliaceus L. (1)

tiliaceus => linden-like, referring to the similarity in the leaves, compared to the Linden (Tilia) genus

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: yellow, beige, white

External links

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