Malvaceae
Tropical rose mallow
Hibiscus vitifolius
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Hibiscus
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Common names
By language (5)
- Bangla
- বন কাপাস
- English
- Tropical rose mallow, Fan leaf, Grape leaved mallow
- Hindi
- Dhakto Kalo bhend
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടുവെള്ളൂരം
- Tamil
- மணித்துத்தி, சிறு துத்தி
Synonyms
- Abelmoschus vitifolius (L.) Hassk.
- Fioria vitifolia (L.) Mattei
- Hibiscus vitifolius var. genuinus Hochr.
- Kosteletzkya vitifolia (L.) M.R.Almeida & N.Patil
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.