Malvaceae FAMILY

Hibiscus asper

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hibiscus asper is an annual to perennial herb growing up to 2 metres tall. The stems have fine prickles[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 1671 Title Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia Publication Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Bot.) 29( 1 ): 47-79 Author Wilson F.D. Publisher Year 1999 ISBN Description ]. The plant is occasionally cultivated as a vegetable and fibre crop, especially in Senegal and DR Congo[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Ethiopia and Uganda, south to Angola, Zambia, Mozambique and Madagascar.

HabitatRuderal and wild, in abandoned farm fields, savannahs, grassland, river alluvium, moist rock basins, and edges of gallery forest[ 1671 Title Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia Publication Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Bot.) 29( 1 ): 47-79 Author Wilson F.D. Publisher Year 1999 ISBN Description ].