827 — 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 Gossypieae

► Genus Thespesia Sol. ex Corrêa - Thespesia

Synonyms

(=) Hibiscus populneoides Roxb.

≡ Hibiscus populneus (basinom) L.

(=) Thespesia macrophylla Blume

(=) Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel.

Common names

Aden apple (English)

Bendytree (English)

Corktree (English)

Indian tulip tree (English)

Milo (English)

Pacific rosewood (English)

Portiatree (English)

Portia-tree (English)

Seaside mahoe (English)

Tuliptree (English)

Porcher (French)

 

Теспезия обыкновенная (Russian)

 

Palaspipal (India (Bengali))

Paras pipal (India (Hindi))

Paras-pipal (India (Hindi))

Parsipu (India (Hindi))

Kapitana (India (Sanskrit))

Parisa (India (Sanskrit))

Puvaracu (India (Tamil))

Puvarasu (India (Tamil))

 

Tespésia (Brazil (Portuguese))

Description

Medium-sized bright yellow flower with five tightly overlapping slightly crinkled petals that form a deep cup, each petal spotted with red at the base; borne singly. A medium-sized tree with ovate-cordate leaves.