Malvaceae
Portia tree
Thespesia populnea
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Thespesia
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- تفاحة عدن
- Bangla
- পরশপিপুল
- Burmese
- ဇမ္ဗူပနီ
- Cantonese
- 楊葉肖槿
- Chinese
- 恆春黃槿, 恒春黄槿, 繖楊, 伞杨, 杨叶肖槿, 桐棉, 绿珊瑚, 截萼黃槿
- Dutch
- Strandpopulier
- English
- Portia tree, Indian tulip tree, Pacific rosewood, Portiatree, Milo
- German
- Portiabaum, Küsten-Hibiskus, Küsten-Tropeneibisch, Pappelblättriger Eibisch
- Hausa
- Natsika
- Hawaiian
- Milo
- Indonesian
- Waru laut
- Japanese
- サキシマハマボウ
- Kannada
- ಆಶ
- Malay
- Pokok Bebaru, Pembiakan pokok bebaru
- Malayalam
- പൂവരശ്ശ്, Portia Tree, ചീലാന്തി, പിൽ വരശു്, പൂപ്പരുത്തി, പൂവരശ്
- Marathi
- भेंड
- pap
- Palu santu
- Persian
- لاله هندی
- Sundanese
- Waru laut
- Tamil
- பூவரசு, அர்தநாரி, ஈஸ்வரம், கல்லால், பம்பரக்காய், புவிராசன், பூப்பருத்தி, பூளம்
- Telugu
- గంగరావి, గంగరేని
- Thai
- โพทะเล
- Tongan
- Milo
- ty
- Miro
Synonyms
- Bupariti altissima (Spreng.) Rothm.
- Bupariti populnea (L.) Rothm.
- Hibiscus bacciferus G.Forst.
- Hibiscus blumei Kuntze
- Hibiscus litoreus J.Presl
- Hibiscus macrophyllus (Blume) Oken
- Hibiscus populifolius Salisb.
- Hibiscus populneus L.
- Malvaviscus populneus (L.) Gaertn.
- Parita populnea (L.) Scop.
- Parita populneus Scop.
- Thespesia altissima Spreng.
- Thespesia macrophylla Blume
- Thespesia populnea var. bynoeana Domin
- Thespesia populnea var. macrocarpa Pierre
- Thespesia populnea var. rheedei Pierre
- Thespesia populnea var. typica Domin
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 351 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karthik Thrikkadeeri, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marshman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ramsey Sullivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: dee Gordon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Error 404, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Reanne ("Bean") Dunn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: M5tama, CC BY-SA 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.