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  • COMMON NAME: Chinese Hibiscus, China Rose.
  • ARABIC: ورد الجمل
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
  • FAMILY: MALVACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Tree
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:560756-1/images V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Moderately salt tolerant, ornamental plant.
Erect shrub or small tree, 1-3 meters high, usually open-textured, evergreen plant, with long shoots. Leaves broadly ovate, 3-10cm long, entire below, serrate above with acuminate tip. Petioles 1-3cm long. Flowers large and showy, red or yellow, usually solitary and axillary, often in terminal racemes. Epicalyx 6-8 lanceolate bracteoles. Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5, free. Staminal column long with numerous filaments above. Stylar column 5-branched above. Stigma capitate. Capsule oblong-ovoid, glabrous. Seeds tiny, reniform, blackish, hairy. Flowering in spring.
Cultivated, grown in gardens, parks, roadsides in desert regions. Tolerates salinity. Flowering in spring.
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