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[21] [22] The flower can also be used as a pH indicator; when used, the flower turns acidic solutions to a dark pink or magenta color and turns basic solutions to green. In several countries the flowers are dried to use in a beverage, usually tea. Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis is considered to have a number of medical uses in Chinese herbology. [23]
The hibiscus flower is traditionally worn by Pacific island women, and is a known shared custom that if the flower is worn behind the left ear, the woman is married or has a boyfriend. If the flower is worn on the right, she is single or openly available for a relationship.
English: A pink Hibiscus, possibly Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, flower. This particular flower is on a shrub that's about a meter high. This particular flower is on a shrub that's about a meter high. The picture was taken in a suburb of Cairo, Egypt.
Hibiscus waimeae A.Heller, kokiʻo keʻokeʻo or kokiʻo kea ("kokiʻo that is white as snow"), is a Hawaiian endemic, gray-barked tree, 6–10 m (20–33 ft) tall, with white flowers that fade to pink in the afternoon.
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Hibiscus laevis (syn. Hibiscus militaris), the halberd-leaf rosemallow, is a herbaceous perennial flower native to central and eastern North America.Their showy, creamy-white or pink flowers are large, up to 15 centimetres (6 in) across, and are hard to miss.
The spectacular pink coloured flowers are around 7 cm long, appearing in the months of October to December. The species name "splendens" refers to the beauty of the flower. The fruit is an egg shaped capsule, covered in hairs. Five cells within the capsule contain pyramid shaped dark seeds, 3 to 4 mm long.
Hibiscus schizopetalus is a shrub growing to 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall.. The red or pink flowers are very distinctive in their frilly, finely divided petals. [2] [3] Flowers with finely dissected petal have a range of colours, the most common being the red form (Keena et al., 2002; Ng, 2006).