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Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Hibiscus that is native to Africa, most likely West Africa. In the 16th and early 17th centuries it was spread to Asia and the West Indies, where it has since become naturalized in many places. [ 1 ]
The roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) is used as a vegetable. The species Hibiscus suratensis Linn synonymous with Hibiscus aculeatus G. Don is noted in Visayas in the Philippines as being a souring ingredient for almost all local vegetables and menus. Known as labog in the Visayan area (or labuag/sapinit in Tagalog), the species is an ingredient ...
Roselle juice, often taken refrigerated, is a cool drink found in many West African countries and the Caribbean. [5] [6] It is a dark red-purple coloured juice.The Burkinabes, Senegalese, and Ivorians call it bissap, [7] the Nigerians call it zobo while the Ghanaians call it Zobolo. [8]
The drink made out of the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa has many regional variations and names: it is known as bissap in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal; wonjo in The Gambia; zobo in Nigeria; zobolo in Ghana; foléré, dabileni, tsobo, siiloo or soborodo in different parts of Africa; [1] karkadé in Egypt, Sudan and Italy; sorrel in ...
Gongura (Hibiscus sabdariffa var. rubra), or Puntikura, or Gogaaku is a variety of the roselle plant grown for its edible leaves in India and in other countries like Fiji. [2] These leaves are used in south-central Indian cuisine to impart a tart flavour. [3] Gongura comes in two varieties, green stemmed leaf and red stemmed.
Hibiscus acetosella, the cranberry hibiscus or African rosemallow, is a flowering plant of the family Malvaceae. The epithet acetosella is of Latin origin and is a diminutive of the Latin name for sorrel which comes from the sour taste experienced when eating the young leaves of both plants. [ 1 ]
Roselle (plant) (Hibiscus sabdariffa), known as Jamaican sorrel, and in the Caribbean simply as "sorrel" Rumex, genus of plants containing species known as sorrels, particularly: Rumex acetosella, sheep's sorrel; Rumex scutatus, French sorrel; Sourwood or sorrel tree (Oxydendrum arboreum), a tree native to North America
Hibiscus cannabinus in the Botanical Garden, Bremen A Hibiscus cannabinus open blossom Hibiscus cannabinus in early bloom. Ambadi seed oil is extracted from seeds of the ambadi plant (Hibiscus cannabinus). [1] It is an annual or perennial plant in the family Malvaceae and related to the roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa).