Malvaceae FAMILY

Hibiscus panduriformis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant is thickly hairy and often has urticating (stinging) bristles[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher 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 Description

Hibiscus panduriformis is an erect sub-shrub, producing annual to perennial branched stems 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. It has showy yellow flowers with purple centres, giving it potential for use as an ornamental[ 1093 Title Invasive Species Compendium Publication Author Website http://www.cabi.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An immense resource - in depth information on over 900 species of invasive plants (it also has information on animals, fungi etc). ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa, through tropical India, southeast Asia, Indonesia to Australia.

HabitatDry 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 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. ].