Malvaceae FAMILY

Hibiscus vitifolius

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hibiscus vitifolius is a little-branched, perennial plant with stems that can become more or less woody and persist. Sometimes erect, the plant can also adopt a scrambling or climbing habit, usually growing 60 - 200cm tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of fibre. It has been grown as a fibre crop on an experimental basis[ 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 regions through most of Africa, through Arabia to India and southeast Asia

HabitatRain-forest, woodland, grassland, Acacia-Commiphora bushland, degraded scrub, roadsides, often on alluvial sands, secondary forest, cultivations, fallow land, clearings in rain-forest, bushland, also as a weed; at elevations up to 3,000 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].