Hibiscus panduriformis
Burm.f.
Malvaceae
Hibiscus friesii Ulbr.
Hibiscus multistipulatus Garcke
Common Name: Yellow Hibiscus
Close-up of flower
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Close-up of flower
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Flowering stem
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Leaves and flower buds
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General Information
Yellow hibiscus is a sub-shrub, producing annual to perennial shoots up to 2.5 metres tall from a woody rootstock.
The plant is utilised in the wild by local people as a source of fibre.
Known Hazards
The plant is thickly hairy and often has stinging bristles[
331- Title
- Flora of Guatemala
- Publication
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- Author
- Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark
- Website
- http://www.archive.org/
- Publisher
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- Year
- 1946 - 1976
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/
].
Botanical References
308- Title
- Flora Zambesiaca
- Publication
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- Author
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- Website
- http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html
- Publisher
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- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants.
Range
Tropical Africa, through tropical India, southeast Asia, Indonesia to Australia.
Habitat
Dry places; old cultivations; sandy soil; gallery forest; savannah with thorny plants; dembos; swampy places; Acacia woodland and wooded grassland ; also as a weed on black soil; at elevations from sea level to 2,000 metres[
328- Title
- African Flowering Plants Database
- Publication
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- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
- Publisher
- Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
].
Properties
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Shrub |
| Height | 2.50 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Found in the wild on black cotton soil; alluvial clay flats; sandy-clayey soils[
328- Title
- African Flowering Plants Database
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
- Publisher
- Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
].
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
A fibre obtained from the stems is used for making twine, bags etc[
46- Title
- Dictionary of Economic Plants.
- Publication
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- Author
- Uphof. J. C. Th.
- Publisher
- Weinheim
- Year
- 1959
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
