Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Malvaceae | Genus: Hibiscus | Species: Hibiscus mutabilis Linn |
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| Synonym | Abelmoschus mutabilis (Linn.) Wall. ex Hassk., Hibiscus sinensis Mill. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Flower Type | Solitary | |
| English / Trade Name | Changeable Rose, Chinese Rose, Confederate Rose, Cotton Rose | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Sthalkamal | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit a capsule, flattened globose, yellowish hispid and woolly. |
| Habitat | Cultivated as ornamental. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native of China | Bark Details | Smooth and green in colour. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sector 11, Sector 26 | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Palmate | ||
| Description of Species | Large shrub up to 5 m tall, Leaf green, stipules lanceolate, usually caducous; leaf blade broadly ovate to round-ovate or cordate, 5-7-lobed, papery, lobes triangular. Flowers solitary, axillary on upper branches. Epicalyx lobes 8, filiform, connate at base,, calyx campanulate, lobes 5, ovate, acuminate; corolla white or reddish, becoming dark red, petals nearly orbicular, hairy abaxially, barbate at base. Fruit a capsule, flattened globose, yellowish hispid and woolly.. | Leaf Details | Leaf green, stipules lanceolate, usually caducous; leaf blade broadly ovate to round-ovate or cordate, 5-7-lobed, papery, lobes triangular. |
