- Family : MALVACEAE
(Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hibiscus sabdariffa L.
- Common name : Rozelle, Red Sorrel, Jamaican sorrell, Red sorrel, Red tea
- Vernacular name :
- Laal ambari, Patva (Hindi)
- Gonguru, Seemi pundi, Pulichakeere (Kannada)
- Pulichai-keerai, Gogu (Tamil)
- Katta planga, Katta sago (Oria)
- Lal Ambadi, Patwa, Tambdi-ambadi (Marathi)
- Mathipuli, Papuli, Polechi, Puichchai (Malayalam)
- Yerragogu, Yerra gongura (Telugu)
- Habit : Undershrub
- Comments / notes : Cultivated and often runs wild. Cultivated as vegetable, but now naturalised
- Key identification features : Leaves dark green, deeply dissected; Flowers yellow; Capsule ovoid, pointed, villous, shorter than calyx; Seeds reniform, subglabrous.
- Flower, Fruit : July-February
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district
- Kerala : Kerala
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Odisha : Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Himachal Pradesh : Shimla district
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Zaïre
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Widely cultivated in all tropics
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1.
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 114
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hibiscus sabdariffa. Downloaded on 19 February 2025.
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