 Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. |
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Malvaceae.
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- Local Name:
- Rati Pati.
- Synonym:
- Habit and Habitat:
- An evergreen shrub up to 3 m tall, cultivated in local area.
- Taxonomic Features:
- Leaves simple,ovate-broadly ovate.margin serrate-dentate.Inflorescence axillary,solitaryerect to pendulus.Flower actinomorphic,showy,red.Calyx tubular to bell-shaped. Epicalyx lobes 6-7, filiform . Corolla funnel-shaped.Fruit a capsule.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- April-November.
- Harvesting Time:
- June- December.
- Medicinal Value:
- Locally whole plant is introduced as expectrant, carminative and digestive.
- Part Used:
- Whole plant.
- Occurrence:
- Cultivated.
- Future Perspective:
- Cultivation, Chemical analysis, Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy.
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