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Hibiscus Rose

Hibiscus genus

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Description:

It is widely grown as an ornamental plant throughout the tropics and subtropics. The flowers are large, generally red in the original varieties, and firm, but generally lack any scent.

Species ID Suggestions

Hibiscus

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

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Eric Noora
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Comments (11)
Ashish
Welcome. I find that real Hibiscus is sourced from Central America and there is many real variety spread in their countries. In Asia (mainly India, Indonesia and China) Hibiscus is a commercial plant due to lot of demand in flowers market day to day.
SeanWeekly
ahh thanks Ashish, interesting information you found out there thanks!
Ashish
I checked and find that Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is routed from China as commercial flowering plant their stigma is almost strait.
Sa
I got one among my spottings too :-) go to see it
Ashish
Hi not Rosa Sinensis.. Its Hibiscus genus plant flower.... Pure American..!!
YogeshSave
hahaha.... almost all my spottings are from my garden or farm..
SeanWeekly
Wow you must have a very pretty garden.
YogeshSave
in India this flower is very common, I hv atlist 50 varities in my garden.
Eric Noora
Rosa-sinensis or the Chinese hibiscus is the most common here in the region. We used to crush these and put in soapy solution for better bubble making :-)
SeanWeekly
Thanks for the ID's Guys very quick with the identification. I really need to learn my flowers.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2011

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