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Hibiscus rostellatus

Botanic Family

Malvaceae

Author

Guillaumin & Perrottet

Propagation

S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Congo
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Senegal
• Tanzania

Natural Habitats

• Forest margins
• riverine forest
• swamps

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Apr
• Aug
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Scrambling or scandent hispid, spiny shrub or subshrub, palmately 5-lobed leaves, hispid serrate leaves, axillary pink or yellow flowers with maroon eye, setose calyx, pink corolla, irritating hairs, fruit a densely villose 5-valved capsule

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• Jstor
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• CJB