okra gumbo okra plant lady's-finger Abelmoschus esculentus Hibiscus esculentus | tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews, sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus |
abelmosk musk mallow Abelmoschus moschatus Hibiscus moschatus | bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus |
genus Hibiscus | large genus of tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees often grown as ornamentals for their profusion of large flowers in a variety of colors |
hibiscus | any plant of the genus Hibiscus |
kenaf kanaf deccan hemp bimli bimli hemp Indian hemp Bombay hemp Hibiscus cannabinus | valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation |
Cuban bast blue mahoe mahoe majagua mahagua Hibiscus elatus | erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orangeed flowers, yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks |
sorrel tree Hibiscus heterophyllus | Australian tree with acid foliage |
rose mallow swamp mallow common rose mallow swamp rose mallow Hibiscus moscheutos | showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large roseolored flowers |
cotton rose Confederate rose Confederate rose mallow Hibiscus mutabilis | 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 Rose of China shoeblack plant shoe black Hibiscus rosa-sinensis | large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deeped flowers |
roselle rozelle sorrel red sorrel Jamaica sorrel Hibiscus sabdariffa | 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 |
rose of Sharon Hibiscus syriacus | 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 |
mahoe majagua mahagua balibago purau Hibiscus tiliaceus | 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 |
flower-of-an-hour flowers-of-an-hour bladder ketmia black-eyed Susan Hibiscus trionum | annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers, Old World tropics, naturalized as a weed in North America |
waxmallow wax mallow sleeping hibiscus | any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers |
bush hibiscus Radyera farragei Hibiscus farragei | southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers, sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus |