Home Flora of Panama (WFO)
Name Search
Markup OCR Documents
!!Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Search in The Plant ListSearch in IPNISearch in Australian Plant Name IndexSearch in NYBG Virtual HerbariumSearch in Muséum national d'Histoire naturelleSearch in Type Specimen Register of the U.S. National HerbariumSearch in Virtual Herbaria AustriaSearch in JSTOR Plant ScienceSearch in SEINetSearch in African Plants Database at Geneva Botanical GardenAfrican Plants, Senckenberg Photo GallerySearch in Flora do Brasil 2020Search in Reflora - Virtual HerbariumSearch in Living Collections Decrease font Increase font Restore font
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 3/8/2013)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 3/8/2013)
Species HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA L.
PlaceOfPublication Sp. P1. 695. 1753.
Description Herb, annual, 0.5-2 m high, the stem glabrous or sparsely puberulus. Leaves long-petiolate, the petiole up to 6.5 cm long, glabrous or sparsely puberulus, the stipules narrowly triangular, acute; blade polymorphic, simple and ovate-acute to usually 3- to 5- to 7-palmatifid, the lobes verry narrowly elliptic and acute, with acute sinuses, serrulate or crenulate at the margin, up to 12-15 cm long, glabrous, the midrib prominent and bearing a subbasal gland beneath. Flowers axillary, solitary or in racemiform, terminal inflorescences by reduction of the upper leaves, the pedicel short and stout, 5-7 mm long; epicalyx of ca 10 bractlets, these linear-ovate, united basally and adnate to the base of the calyx, ca 8-12 mm long, sparsely hirsute especially toward the base, accrescent; calyx cupuliform, lobed to about or to below the middle, 1.5-2.2. cm long, deep red, much accrescent, up to 3.5 cm long in fruit and becoming with the epicalyx fleshy and dark red or purple, the lobes ovate, acute, strongly 3-nerved, usually with an elongate gland on the midvein of each lobe, sparsely hirsute especially toward the base; petals cuneate- obovate, rounded at the apex, 3-5 cm long, cream-colored or yellow, often tinged with red; staminal tube much shorter than the corolla. Capsule much shorter than the accrescent calyx, subglobose, apiculate, 1.8-2 cm long, appressed-hirsute; seeds reniform-angulate, 3-5 mm long, very minutely puberulus.
Habit Herb
Note Roselle or Jamaica Sorrel is cultivated throughout the tropics and is often naturalized. The fleshy epicalyx and calyx are used for making preserves and a beverage simulating lemonade. It is called viiuela in Panama (cf. Standley 25222).
Specimen CANAL ZONE: Corozal, cult. plant, J. M. & M. T. Greenman 5192 (MO); Sosa Hill, Balboa, edge of clearing, commonly cult. and also wild, Standley 25222 (US).
 
 
© 2024 Missouri Botanical Garden - 4344 Shaw Boulevard - Saint Louis, Missouri 63110