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Common name: China Rose, Chinese hibiscus, Gurhal गुढ़ल (Hindi), Juba kusum athonba (Manipuri), Chemparati (Malayalam), Sembaruthi செம்பருத்தி (Tamil), Jaswand जासवंद (Marathi), Dosni Phool दोस्णि फुल (Konkani)

Botanical name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis - [ (Hye-bisk-us) Rose-mallow; (Roh-suh - sin-nen-sis) Rose, of or from China ] Family: Malvaceae (mallow family) - [ (mal-VAY-see-ay) the Malva (mallow) family ]

Origin: Asia and islands of Pacific

Hibiscus or Rosemallow is a large genus of about 200-220 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. The genus includes both annual and perennial herbaceous plants, and woody shrubs and small trees. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to lanceolate, often with a toothed or lobed margin. The flowers are large, conspicuous, trumpet-shaped, with five petals, ranging from white to pink, red, purple or yellow, and from 4-15 cm broad. The fruit is a dry five-lobed capsule, containing several seeds in each lobe, which are released when the capsule splits open at maturity.

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Note: Identification attempted; may not be accurate.
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Source China Rose
Author Dinesh Valke from Thane, India
Camera location19° 13′ 33.25″ N, 72° 52′ 17.67″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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