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Hibiscus tiliaceus, commonly known as the sea hibiscus or coast cottonwood, is a species of flowering tree in the mallow family, Malvaceae, with a pantropical distribution along coastlines. It has also been introduced to Florida and New Zealand. It has been debated whether this species is native or introduced to Hawaii. [1]
Abutilon / ə ˈ b juː t ɪ l ɒ n / [3] is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. [4] It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics [5] of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia. [6] General common names include Indian mallow [7] and velvetleaf; [8] ornamental varieties may be known as room maple ...
The genus includes both annual and perennial herbaceous plants, as well as woody shrubs and small trees. Several species are widely cultivated as ornamental plants, notably Hibiscus syriacus and Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis. [4] A tea made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa is known by many names around the world and is served both hot and cold.
It has dicot leaves which vary in shape from 3-5-lobed to un-lobed or undivided in the upper leaves of the plant and are generally the size of a small child's hand, about 10×10 cm. [2] [5] They tend to be alternate, simple, and deeply cut with crenate or jagged edges. [1] Leaf color is observed as a dark maroon to a patchy red/green appearance.
Abutilon pictum is a shrub growing to 5 metres (16 ft) tall by 2 metres (6.6 ft) wide. [4] The leaves are 5–15 cm long, three- to five- (rarely seven-) lobed. The yellow to orange-red bell shaped flowers have prominent dark red veining,
Malva is a genus of herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae. It is one of several closely related genera in the family to bear the common English name mallow. The genus is widespread throughout the temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Europe. [3] The leaves are alternate, palmately lobed.
Sphaeralcea is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family . There are about 40-60 species, including annuals, perennials, and shrubs. Most originate in the drier regions of North America, with some known from South America. They are commonly known as globemallows, globe mallows, false mallows or falsemallows.
Malva arborea (previously known as Lavatera arborea, or, more recently as Malva eriocalyx), the tree mallow, is a species of mallow native to the coasts of western Europe and the Mediterranean region, from Ireland and Britain south to Algeria and Libya, and east to Greece.