Hibiscus mutabilis L.
Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Malaysia.
Hibiscus mutabilis L. Malvaceae. CN: [Malay - Bunga waktu besar, Baru landak, Kembang cina], Waru landak, Amapola, Confederate-rose, Cotton-rose, Chinese-rose, Changeable-rose, Dixie rose-mallow. Native to China, Japan (Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands), Taiwan. Erect, branched bushy shrub/treelet ca 2 to 4 m high. Flower maybe double or single and opening up pale pink or white and darkening into shades of red as the day advances. Uses as ornamental and folk medicines.
Synonym(s)
Abelmoschus mutabilis (L.) Wall. ex Hassk.
Abelmoschus venustus Walp.
Hibiscus immutabilis Dehnh. ex Walp.
Hibiscus immutabilis Dehnh.
Hibiscus javanicus Weinm.
Hibiscus malvarosa Noronha
Hibiscus mutabilis f. plenus S.Y. Hu
Hibiscus sinensis Mill.
Ketmia mutabilis (L.) Moench
Ref. and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2850227
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?19059
Hibiscus mutabilis L.
Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Malaysia.
Hibiscus mutabilis L. Malvaceae. CN: [Malay - Bunga waktu besar, Baru landak, Kembang cina], Waru landak, Amapola, Confederate-rose, Cotton-rose, Chinese-rose, Changeable-rose, Dixie rose-mallow. Native to China, Japan (Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands), Taiwan. Erect, branched bushy shrub/treelet ca 2 to 4 m high. Flower maybe double or single and opening up pale pink or white and darkening into shades of red as the day advances. Uses as ornamental and folk medicines.
Synonym(s)
Abelmoschus mutabilis (L.) Wall. ex Hassk.
Abelmoschus venustus Walp.
Hibiscus immutabilis Dehnh. ex Walp.
Hibiscus immutabilis Dehnh.
Hibiscus javanicus Weinm.
Hibiscus malvarosa Noronha
Hibiscus mutabilis f. plenus S.Y. Hu
Hibiscus sinensis Mill.
Ketmia mutabilis (L.) Moench
Ref. and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2850227
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?19059