38 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 



1923 



HIBISCUS MUTABILIS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 694; Blanco PI. Filip. (1837) 

 546, ed. 2 (1845) 381, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 336, t. 175; Hochr. in Ann. 

 Conserv. Jard. Bot. Geneve 4 (1900) 147; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 

 322, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 254. 



Occasionally planted for ornamental purposes in the larger towns of the 

 Archipelago; not spontaneous. Pantropic in cultivation, a native of the 

 Old World. 



Local names: Amapola (Tag.); mapula (Tag., Bik.). 



HIBISCUS PALUDOSUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 151. 



Mindanao (Lanao), Clemens 874. In swamps, altitude about 750 m. 

 Endemic. 



HIBISCUS ROSASINENSIS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 694; Blanco Fl. Filip. 



(1837) 543, ed. 2 (1845) 379, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 333, t. 270; Miq. Fl. 



Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858-59) 156; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 24; Perk. 



Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 109; Hochr. in Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. 



Geneve 4 (1900) 133; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 323, Sp. Blancoanae 



(1918) 254. 

 Throughout the Philippines in cultivation for ornamental purposes, but 

 nowhere spontaneous. It very rarely produces fruits in the Archipelago. 

 Pantropic in cultivation, a native of the Old World. 



Local names: Antolangan (Tag., Bis.); arotangan (Pamp.) ; gomamela 

 (Tag.); gumamela (Tag., Bis., Pamp.,); kayanga (Ilk., Bik., Bis.,); say- 

 saya (Bon.) ; tapolanga (Tag., Pamp.) ; tapuranga (Bis.) ; tarokanga 

 (Bis., Pamp.) ; taukangga (Sul.). 



HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 695; Mast, in Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 340; Hochr. in Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. 

 Geneve 4 (1900) 116; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 322. 



Planted here and there for ornamental purposes and for its edible caly- 

 ces; not spontaneous. Introduced early in the present century. Pantropic 

 in cultivation, a native of tropical Asia. Roselle. 



HIBISCUS SCHIZOPETALUS (Mast.) Hook. f. in Curtis's Bot. Mag. Ill 

 36 (1880) t. 6524; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 112; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 92, Fl. Manila (1912) 323. 

 Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linn. var. schizopetalus Mast, in Gard. Chron. 

 (1879) 282. 

 Widely planted for ornamental purposes, but rarely or never producing 

 fruits and nowhere spontaneous; introduced after 1880. Pantropic in cul- 

 tivation, a native of tropical Africa. 



Local names: Araha (Sp.); kayanga (Ilk.); tanim (Tag.); tangaia 

 (Bon.). 



HIBISCUS SURATTENSIS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 696; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 

 (1858-59) 161; Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 334; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 24; Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 63, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 97; Hochr. in Ann. Conserv. 

 Jard. Bot. Geneve 4 (1900) 110; Perk. Frag. FL Philip. (1904) 

 110, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 92, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 

 254. 

 Hibiscus bifurcatus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 545, ed. 2 (1845) 380, 

 ed. 3, 2 (1879) 334, t. 347, non Cav. 



