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  • COMMON NAME: Cork Tree, False Rosewood, Indian Tulip Tree.
  • ARABIC: الشمسية
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Thespesia populnea Soland.
  • SYNONYMS: Bupariti populnea, Hibiscus populifolius, Hibiscus populneus.
  • FAMILY: MALVACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Tree
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:564713-1#synonyms Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Highly salt tolerant up to half seawater salinity, ornamental plant.
Evergreen, medium leafy tree, 3-6 meter high, with rounded head and many branches. Leaves large, 5-10cm long, alternate, cordate, entire with long acuminate or tapering off at the tip. Flowers large, bell-shaped, 3-6cm long, yellowish with purple centers, mostly racemose in the upper part of the branches. Epicalyx connate. Petals showy, yellow, longer than calyx, short lived. Fruit large globular capsule, apple-sized and shaped. Flowering in spring.
Cultivated near buildings, in courtyards gardens, roadsides near sea beaches.
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