Hibiscus micranthus

Botanical Description

Hibiscus micranthus is a slender shrub with stiff, erect branches; it can grow up to 2.5 metres tall[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ , 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. , 500 Title Flora of Somalia Publication Author Thulin M. (Editor) Publisher Kew Publishing, London. Year 1993 ISBN Description Detailed information on the plants of the region, often adding notes on the plants uses. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. , 1447 Title Antimicrobial Activity of Tanzanian Chewing Sticks Against Oral Pathogenic Microbes Publication Pharmaceutical Biology, 38:3, 235-240; 2000 Author Maryam N. Khan, Olipa Ngassapa & Mecky I.N. Matee Website https://doi.org/10.1076/1388-0209(200007)3831-SFT235 Publisher Year 2000 ISBN Description ].