Hibiscus mutabilisL. [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
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Hibiscus mutabilis
Common name
ndσpa-nε (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
(Sherbro) bokichal-lε (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, BULOM), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
chenjis-ov-laif i.e., changes of life; alluding to the change of flower-colour between opening and fading (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, KRIO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
Flora
Entry for HIBISCUS mutabilis Linn. [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 157, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
HIBISCUS mutabilisLinn. [family MALVACEAE], ;—DC. Prod. 1. p. 452. Bot. Reg. t. 589.
Information
stellato-tomentose, without prickles; leaves on long petioles, subcordate at base, acutely 5–7-angled or somewhat lobed, unequally toothed; peduncles from the axils of the upper leaves elongate, jointed below the flower; invol. of 8–10 linear-leaflets, half as long as the ovate-acuminate, 5-nerved calyx-lobes; corolla expanded. A large shrub or small tree, more or less tomentose. Leaves 3–4 inches long, and broad. Flowers crowded round the ends of the branches, large and handsome; white when they first open in the morning, reddish at noon, and bright-crimson towards evening.
Range
It is a native of India and China, and has long been cultivated in English hot-houses.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA South Africa, (probably Natal,) Drege! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook.)
