Pink hibiscus (Hibiscus indicus)

Waru pink or pink hibiscus (Hibiscus indicus) is a spesies of plant of the Malvaceae, upright shrub, up to 3 meters high but usually only 1 meter, woody stems, branched, young stems are green, white hair and old stems are brown.

H. indicus has leaves with stalks 6-11 cm and white hair. Leaves heart-shaped, 10-15 cm long, 8-12 cm broad, palmately, at least 3-5 lobes, thick and leathery, green in color, white hairs, serrated edges and 5 main veins.

Flowers solitary, axillary on upper branches, disc-shaped, leaf sheaths hairy green and white. The crown is reddish-white or pink and the center is brown. The pollen is yellow, the pollen stalk is white with a dark red tip.

These plants sometimes form colonies, growing in forests, agricultural land, rocky to clay soils, elevations of 700-2000 meters and drought resistant.

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Tracheophyta
Subphylum Angiospermae
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae
Genus Hibiscus
Species: Hibiscus indicus
Variety: Hibiscus indicus var. integrilobus

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