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Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, Indian hemp, bimli, bimli hemp, deccan hemp, kanaf, kenaf

valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation

Cuban bast, Hibiscus elatus, blue mahoe, mahagua, mahoe, majagua

erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks

Hibiscus heterophyllus, sorrel tree

Australian tree with acid foliage

Hibiscus moscheutos, common rose mallow, rose mallow, swamp mallow, swamp rose mallow

showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers

Confederate rose, Confederate rose mallow, Hibiscus mutabilis, cotton rose

Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States

China rose, Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Rose of China, shoe black, shoeblack plant

large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers

Hibiscus sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle, sorrel

East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber

Hibiscus syriacus, rose of Sharon

Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three-lobed leaves; widely cultivated in temperate North America and Europe

Hibiscus tiliaceus, balibago, mahagua, mahoe, majagua, purau

shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament

Hibiscus trionum, black-eyed Susan, bladder ketmia, flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour

annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America

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mallow

any of various plants of the family Malvaceae