597 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Dilleniidae

► Order Malvales

► Family Malvaceae - Mallow family

► Subfamily Malvoideae

► Tribe Hibisceae

► Genus Hibiscus L. - Rosemallow

Synonyms

Common names

China-rose (English)

Chinese hibiscus (English)

Chinese rose (English)

Confederate rose mallow (English)

Cotton rose (English)

Hawaiian hibiscus (English)

Hibiscus (English)

Japanese rose (English)

Java (English)

Red hibiscus (English)

Rose-of-China (English)

Shoe black (English)

Shoe flower (English)

Shoeblackplant (English)

Tropical hibiscus (English)

Hibiscus de Chine (French)

Hibiscus rose de Chine (French)

Rose de Chine (French)

 

Kinesisk rose (Danish)

Chinese roos (Dutch)

Chinesischer Roseneibisch (German)

Rosa della Cina (Italian)

Ketmia róza-chinska (Polish)

Hibisco (Portuguese)

Rosa-da-China (Portuguese)

Гибискус (Russian)

Clavel japonés (Spanish)

Hibiscus de los jardines (Spanish)

Rosa de China (Spanish)

 

Gurhal (India (Hindi))

Jasum (India (Hindi))

Java (India (Hindi))

Japa (India (Sanskrit))

Japa pushpam (India (Sanskrit))

Japapushpam (India (Sanskrit))

Cembarutti (India (Tamil))

Cemparattai (India (Tamil))

Sembaruthi (India (Tamil))

Semparuthi (India (Tamil))

Baarhmaase phuul (Nepalese)

Gudahal (Nepalese)

Japa puspii (Nepalese)

Japaa kusum (Nepalese)

Rakta puspi (Nepalese)

 

Bunga raya (Malay)

Chaba (Thai)

 

Da hong hua (Chinese)

Fo sang (Chinese)

Zhu jin (Chinese)

Fusou (Japanese)

Haibisukasu (Japanese)

Fu sang (Taiwan (Chinese))

 

Mimo de Vênus (Brazil (Portuguese))

Mimo-chinês (Brazil (Portuguese))

Pejo (Colombia (Spanish))

Palo de la reina (Panama (Spanish))

Papo (Panama (Spanish))

Tapo (Panama (Spanish))

Description

Flowers are medium, large or very large; the single forms have five petals and a prominent exserted staminal column with yellow anthers along the sides near the tip and ending in five tiny velvety stigma pads; the double and semi-double forms are loosely to densely ball-like, the petals usually hiding the reproductive parts; borne singly from the leaf axils.