Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis L.
Vernacular name: Shoe flower, china rose, gudhal
Species Name: Hibiscus x rosa-sinensis L.
Family: Malvaceae
Habit: Evergreen shrub
Stem: Woody and solid but herbaceous at upper portion,aerial, Erect, branched, cylindrical, solid and glabrous.
Leaf: Ramal and cauline, stipulate, petiolate, simple, alternate, ovate, serrate, acute, glabrous, unicostate reticulate venation
Flowering: July-December
Flowers: Solitary axillary inflorescence, Ebracteate, pedicellate, complete, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, pentamerous, hypogynous, cyclic, large, red or variously coloured.
Fruit: 5-valved, loculicidal capsule
Uses
- Its tea is consumed for Menstrual Issues, blood pressure and sugar regulation.
- The buds are cooling and remove seminal weakness.
- It is Cultivated in gardens everywhere.
- The petals are used to blacken shoes and hence the name is given.
- The paste of petals is also applied on the hair for blackening.
