Malvaceae
Sea hibiscus
Hibiscus tiliaceus
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Hibiscus
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Common names
By language (27)
- ace
- Sirön
- Afrikaans
- Kuskatoenboom
- Arabic
- خطمي ساحلي
- arz
- خطمى ساحلى
- ban
- Waru
- bik
- Malobago
- Burmese
- သင်ပန်း
- Cantonese
- 黃槿
- Chinese
- 黃槿, 黄槿
- Czech
- Ibišek lípovitý
- Dutch
- Waroeboom
- English
- Sea hibiscus
- German
- Lindenblättriger Eibisch, Linden-Roseneibisch
- Indonesian
- Waru
- Japanese
- オオハマボウ, ゆうな, ヤマアサ, 大浜朴
- Javanese
- Waru
- mad
- Bâru
- Malay
- Pokok Bebaru Bulu
- Malayalam
- തൈപ്പരുത്തി
- Polish
- Ketmia lipowata
- Portuguese
- Algodoeiro-da-praia, Algodão-da-praia, Baruzeiro, Bugueiro, Coco feijão, Coco-feijão, Cumbaru, Emburana brava
- Slovak
- Ibištek lipovitý
- Spanish
- Paritium abutiloides, Paritium circinnatum, Paritium elatum var. abutiloides, Paritium tiliaceum
- Sundanese
- Waru
- Swedish
- Strandhibiskus
- Thai
- ปอทะเล
- Tongan
- Fau
Synonyms
- Hibiscus tiliaceus var. genuinus Hochr.
- Hibiscus tiliifolius Salisb.
- Parita tiliaceus Scop.
- Pariti tiliaceum (L.) A.Juss.
- Pariti tiliifolium (Salisb.) Nakai
- Talipariti tiliaceum (L.) Fryxell
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Wafid Kholishatul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scot Nelson, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scot Nelson, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayuwadala, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayuwadala, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayuwadala, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.