Hibiscus_somalensis_2 © OBG
Hibiscus_somalensis_3 © OBG
Hibiscus_somalensis_4 © OBG
Hibiscus_somalensis_5 © OBG
Hibiscus_somalensis_6 © OBG
Hibiscus_somalensis © OBG
Subshrub or woody herb ; up to 50 cm high . Stems and branches erect to prostrate , hirsute with whitish to yellowish hairs , becoming glabrous with age . Leaves 10-20 mm long , oblong to ovate-oblong , base tapering to rounded , margin coarsely pinnately-lobed or irregularly dentate , hirsute . Inflorescences solitary , axillary ; pedicel 3-4 cm , articulated and bent near the apex . Flowers red ; epicalyx of about 8 segments , 5-7 mm , linear ; calyx 5-15 mm ; petals red , tinged purple , ± 8 mm , ovate-oblong ; staminal tube 4–7 mm long . Fruit capsule , ± 7 mm in diameter , subglobose , valves impressed near the apex with edges raised . Seeds 3 × 3 mm , reniform , brown , with a cottony floss , the hairs 4–6 mm long . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Hibiscus cernuus N.Terracc.
Hibiscus minimifolius Chiov.
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Not known
Not used traditionally.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
