Taxon:  Hibiscus surattensis L.



Summary
Genus:
Hibiscus
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Hibisceae
Nomen number:
19093
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:696.  1753
Verified:
03/21/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
6 (4  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
  3. Borssum Waalkes, J. v. 1966. Malesian Malvaceae revised. Blumea 14:57-59.
  4. Compton, R. H. 1976. The flora of Swaziland.
  5. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  6. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  7. Humbert, J.-H., ed. 1936-. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores.
  8. Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
  9. Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
  10. Rakshit, S. C. & B. C. Kundu. 1972. Revision of the Indian species of Hibiscus. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 12:160-161.
  11. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
  12. Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
  13. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCongo  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaEquatorial Guinea  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabon  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaSao Tome and Principe  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanComoros  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanSeychelles  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaSingapore  Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

Reference(s)
  1. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  2. Wilson, F. D. 1999. Revision of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Africa and Asia. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 29:51-53.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=19093. Accessed 12 May 2026.