Hibiscus surattensis L., Sp. Pl. 696 1753. (Syn. Furcaria surattensis Kostel.; Hibiscus aculeatus G. Don; Hibiscus appendiculatus Stokes (Unresolved); Hibiscus furcatus Wall. [Invalid]; Hibiscus surattensis var. genuinus Hochr.; Hibiscus surattensis var. villosus Hochr.; Hibiscus trinitarius Noronha (Unresolved)); . Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Sao Tome, Principe Isl., Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Benin, D.R.Congo (Zaire), South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, ?Burundi, South Africa (Limpopo), Taiwan, Java, Seychelles (I), peninsular Malaysia, China (Hainan, Yunnan), Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Isl., Moluccas, Borneo, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Madagascar, Cape Verde Isl. (Fogo Isl.), Bhutan, India (Darjeeling), Bangladesh, Myanmar [Burma] (Ayeyarwady, Mon, Taninthayi, Yangon), India (widespread), Singapore (I) as per Catalogue of Life; . Bush Sorrel, Wild Sour, Bush Althea • Mizo: Sehnap • Tamil: Kashlikirai, kattuppuliccai • Malayalam: Assam susor • Telugu: Mullugogu • Kannada: mullu gogu; . Flora of China gives the following keys:
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Malvaceae week: Hibiscus surattensis from Arunachal_RKC02_090911: Loc.: Sankie view, Itanagar (ca 285m) Thanks for the appreciation…..but these are unopened flowers 🙂
Hibiscus straggler for identification 190114MK002 : Attachments (7). 4 posts by 3 authors. Please help me in identifying this Malvaceae straggler. Flower: yellow colour Habitat: moist deciduous forest Location: Kanyakumari forest division, TN Alt: 450 m asl Date: 16 January 2014 Hibiscus surattensis I hope. Auriculate stipules and spoon shaped outer branch of epicalyx are distinctive. Agree with … Hibiscus surattensis L. a common strangler in forest outskirts Thanks a lot for the identification
Prickly Malvaceae for ID :: 240215 :: MK001 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (7) Please help me in identifying this Malvaceae shrub. Looks like Hibiscus surattensis Height: 1.5 m Flower: 5 cm across Date: 19 Feb 2015 Place: Vedaranyam outskirts, Nagapattinam dist., TN Alt.: 2-3 m asl Habitat: roadside weed
Mumbai, MH :: Hibiscus for ID :: ARK2020-022 : 13 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6)- around 700 kb each. Saw this Hibiscus in a marshy area in Charkop, Mumbai, MH in October 2019. Requested to please provide ID. Is this H. surattensis or H. hispidissimus or any other? I guess it is matching. Saroj ji, I am not sure of the ID. Is this H. surattensis? I guess it looks more close to H. hispidissimus but rather difficult to confirm it. I too strongly think, it is Hibiscus hispidissimus. … because the plant is densely pubescent … description referred at Herbarium JCB. versus H. surattensis – with sparse minute prickles, otherwise glabrous … description referred at Herbarium JCB. There are other differences too. Let us wait for more comments. Flora of China gives the following keys:
Based on the keys above and stipules seen in 1st image, it should be H. surattensis I checked all post in efi site at Hibiscus hispidissimus Griff. and Hibiscus surattensis L. – these seems to be OK. Determination based on stem prickles may be confusing. So better to go with the stipules. Keys in the book in Flora of Karnataka bases keys between the two only on Stipules and not on stem prickles. Thanks … for the analysis and reaching to ID. Thanks … for resolving this. I think … too had suggested H. surattensis on FB. . 100225PKD1: Id. Pls collected from Gajapati Odisha. on Feb 2025: 4 images. Check with Hibiscus surattensis Both are very close. Pl. see the differences below:. Flora of China gives the following keys:
I think it may be Hibiscus surattensis based on the stem prickles as per the keys. References: |
Hibiscus surattensis
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