Hibiscus monopetalaRoxb. [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Hibiscus panduriformisBurm.f. [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Van Borssum Waalkes J., 1955
Related name
Hibiscus panduriformis
Hibiscus pilosus
Hibiscus tubulosus
Hibiscus senegalensis
Hibiscus monopetala
Common name
tabki = flowing water, orriver, pool; perhaps but a descriptive epithet (Onochie) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
da orignan (CHOP fide JMD) (MALI, MANDING-MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
kéré dâ ka (JB) ngéré dâ ka (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
Flora
Entry for HIBISCUS panduriformis Burm. f. [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
HIBISCUS panduriformisBurm. f. [family MALVACEAE], (1768).
Information
Perennial herb or shrub, up to 2.5 m tall; stems tomentose and with long simple or branched irritating hairs. Leaves tomentose, with petiole 2.5–12 cm long; stipules filiform, often 2–3 side by side at a node; blade ovate to suborbicular in outline, entire to shallowly 3–5-lobed, up to 13.5 x 12 cm, cordate to truncate at the base, acute at the apex, with shallowly and irregularly toothed margins. Flowers in leaf axils or in racemes; pedicels 5–30 mm long, articulated near the middle. Epicalyx bracts 8–10, 7–17 x c. 2 mm, linear-spathulate and widest near the apex. Calyx 10–20 mm long, tomentose; lobes triangular, prominently 3-nerved. Petals 2.5–4 cm long, yellow with purple base. Staminal tube c. 15 mm long. Capsule c. 15 mm long, subglobose, densely setose. Seeds c. 3 mm long, densely pubescent.
Range
S3 widespread in tropical Africa and in Madagascar, Yemen, tropical Asia and Australia.
