Malvaceae
Kenaf
Sabdariffa cannabina
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sabdariffa
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Common names
By language (44)
- Afrikaans
- Wildestokroos, Kenafhibiskus
- Arabic
- جلجل, تيل
- Armenian
- Կենաֆ
- arz
- جلجل
- Bambara
- Ntorida
- Basque
- Kenaf
- Belarusian
- Кенаф
- Bulgarian
- Конопен хибискус
- Catalan
- Kenaf
- Chinese
- 大麻槿, 洋麻, 粗糙木槿, 芙蓉麻, 鐘麻, 红麻
- Croatian
- Kenaf
- Czech
- Kenaf, Ibišek konopovitý
- dag
- Birimia
- Danish
- Basttræ, Kenaf
- Dutch
- Kenaf
- English
- Kenaf, Brown Indianhemp, Deccan hemp, Ibišek konopovitý, Java jute
- Esperanto
- Kenafo
- ff
- Follere
- French
- Kenaf
- Georgian
- Კენაფი
- German
- Kenaf, Ibišek konopovitý
- Hebrew
- קינף
- Indonesian
- Kenaf
- Italian
- Kenaf
- Japanese
- ケナフ, アンバリ麻, ボンベイ麻, 洋麻
- Kannada
- ಪುಂಡಿ
- Kinyarwanda
- Uruberwa
- Korean
- 양마
- Kyrgyz
- Кенаф
- Macedonian
- Конопен хибискус, Кенаф
- Malayalam
- മെസ്റ്റ, Kenaf, കെനാഫ്
- mzn
- کنف
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kenaf
- Odia
- କାଉଁରିଆ
- Persian
- کنف
- Polish
- Kenaf, Kenafu
- Russian
- Гибискус коноплёвый, Кенаф
- Slovenian
- Konopljev oslez
- Spanish
- Kenaf
- Tamil
- புளிச்சக்கீரை, புளிச்சை
- Thai
- ปอแก้ว
- Turkish
- Kenaf
- Ukrainian
- Гібіск конопляний
- Uzbek
- Kanop
Synonyms
- Abelmoschus congener (Schumach. & Thonn.) Walp.
- Furcaria cannabina (L.) Ulbr.
- Hibiscus cannabinus L.
- Hibiscus cannabinus var. simplex A.et G.Howard
- Hibiscus cannabinus var. tripartitus (Forssk.) Chiov.
- Hibiscus cannabinus var. viridis A.Howard & G.Howard
- Hibiscus congener Schumach. & Thonn.
- Hibiscus henriquesii P.Lima
- Hibiscus obtusatus Schumach. & Thonn.
- Hibiscus subdariffa subsp. cannabinus (L.) Panigrahi & Murti
- Hibiscus tripartitus Forssk.
- Hibiscus vitifolius Mill.
- Hibiscus wightianus Wall.
- Ketmia glandulosa Moench
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 90 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ricardo Lima, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ronald Olivier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Antoinette Eyssell Knox, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sunčana Bradley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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). About our plant data.