Hibiscus hamabo,
a
deciduous shrub, 1-3m in height, grows in sandy or muddy soil in
seashores or river mouths. Leave are of alternate phyllotaxis,
blades are 4-7cm in length, 3-6cm in width, in the shape of an
orbicular or broad oval with the tips tempering short to points and
with the bases round or somewhat heart-shaped. The leaf margins are
shallowly serrated. Flowers, one or two in number, 5-10cm in
diameter, yellow, put themselves at axils on branch ends; the center
portions are dark red, and petals are six in number. Bloom time:
July-August. |