Malvaceae
Roselle
Sabdariffa gossypiifolia
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sabdariffa
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Common names
By language (54)
- anp
- Roselle
- Arabic
- كركديه, الكركديه
- arz
- كركديه
- Assamese
- টেঙামৰা
- azb
- مکَه چایی
- Azerbaijani
- Rozella
- Bangla
- চুকাই, চুকুর, টক ফল, মেস্তা
- Bulgarian
- Суданска роза, Хибискус
- Burmese
- ချဉ်ပေါင်, ပရောင်ချဉ်
- Cantonese
- 洛神花
- Catalan
- Rosa de Jamaica, Cànem de Guinea
- Chinese
- 洛神葵, 玫瑰茄, 山茄子, 扶桑叶, 洛神果, 洛神花
- Czech
- Ibišek súdánský
- dag
- Birili
- Dutch
- Roselle
- English
- Roselle
- Esperanto
- Sabdarifo
- Estonian
- Hapu hibisk
- Finnish
- Teehibiskus
- French
- Bissap, Carcade, Carcadé, Karkadé, Ketmie acide, Oseille de Guinée, Roselle
- German
- Roselle, Afrikanische Malve, Bissap, Karkade, Sabdariff-Eibisch, Sudan-Eibisch
- gor
- Rosella
- Gujarati
- અંબાડી
- Hausa
- Zobo
- Hebrew
- היביסקוס עב-גביע
- Hungarian
- Rozella
- Indonesian
- Rosela, Hisbiscus sabdariffa, Rosella
- Italian
- Carcadè, Karkadè
- Japanese
- ローゼル
- Javanese
- Rosela
- kcg
- A̱ba̱ra̱ba̱ta
- Korean
- 로젤
- Lingala
- Ngai ngai
- Lithuanian
- Jamaikinė kinrožė
- Malay
- Asam belanda, Asam susur, Roselle
- Malayalam
- പുളിവെണ്ട, Roselle, മത്തിപ്പുളി, മീൻപുളി
- Marathi
- अंबाडी
- mnw
- လဂဝ်
- Nepali
- बेलचन्दन
- os
- Розеллæ
- Persian
- روزل
- Polish
- Ketmia szczawiowa
- Portuguese
- Vinagreira, Caruru-azedo
- pwn
- Yuzilu
- Russian
- Розелла, Гибискус сабдарифа, Гибискус сабдариффа, Красный щавель, Суданская роза, Ямайский щавель
- sg
- Dongö
- shn
- သူမ်ႈပူ, တူၼ်ႈၶိူဝ်းၶဝ်ႇယၢင်း
- Sindhi
- کٽنبڙو
- Spanish
- Flor de Jamaica, Jamaica, Rosa de Abisinia, Rosa de Jamaica
- Sundanese
- Rosella
- Swedish
- Rosellhibiskus
- Telugu
- గోంగూర
- Thai
- กระเจี๊ยบเปรี้ยว, กระเจี๊ยบแดง
- Turkish
- Kerkede, Hibisküs, Karabamya
Synonyms
- Abelmoschus cruentus Walp.
- Furcaria sabdariffa Ulbr.
- Hibiscus acetosus Noronha
- Hibiscus cruentus Bertol.
- Hibiscus digitatus Cav.
- Hibiscus digitatus var. kerrianus DC.
- Hibiscus fraternus L.
- Hibiscus gossypiifolius Mill.
- Hibiscus masuianus De Wild. & T.Durand
- Hibiscus palmatilobus Baill.
- Hibiscus sabdariffa L.
- Hibiscus sanguineus Griff.
- Hibiscus subdariffa Rottler
- Sabdariffa digitata (Cav.) Kostel.
- Sabdariffa rubra Kostel.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to July, October to February (from 76 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Maria Janeiro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: dugald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dominik Maximilián Ramík, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marc Botham, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aris riyanto, 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). About our plant data.