HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS 
Hibiscus — an old latin name; rosa-sinensis — rose of China. 
English names: Hibiscus; Shoe-flower. 
Malay name : Bunga Raya. 
Family: Malvaceae. 
Country of origin: perhaps China. 
Colour: ordinary form red, but there 
are now many forms and 
hybrids in a great variety of 
colour. 
Garden use: The ordinary single red 
flowered plant is much used as 
a hedge plant ; the better 
varieties and hybrids show to 
best advantage when trained 
as standards. 
Propagation : by cuttings or bud-grafting. 
A, stalk and calyx of flower, the calyx having 
below it a whorl of narrow bracts. 
B, base of flower cut open lengthwise to show 
ovary and base of style. 
C, the column in the centre of the flower which 
carries the stamens and above them the five 
stigmas. 
D, cross section of ovary. 
