As recorded for Monarch Rose Mallow
Hibiscus radiatus
Monarch Rose Mallow কাঁটাজবা
Bengali name · See all regional names ↓
Also known as Ruby Hibiscus
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Nagaland, Uttarakhand
- Flowering
- August-April
Monarch Rose Mallow in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Bengali | কাঁটাজবা | Not recorded |
See the original recorded names
- Bengali
- কাঁটাজবা
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes India Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; listed synonym of Sabdariffa radiata. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: India to Myanmar.
- Recorded habitat
- Grown as ornamental plant
- Explore nearby plants
- Nagaland →Uttarakhand →
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How to identify Monarch Rose Mallow
Identify Monarch Rose Mallow by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Deeply palmately lobed.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Nagaland, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Malvaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Monarch Rose Mallow.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hibiscus radiatus
- Genus
- Hibiscus
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Grown as ornamental plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Eastern India
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Nagaland, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Deeply palmately lobedrecorded
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“Leaves are dentate, with upper leaves lobed into three, five, or seven parts.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Monarch Rose Mallow itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
Typical of the Malvaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Monarch Rose Mallow
Monarch Rose Mallow (Hibiscus radiatus) is a shrub in the Malvaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Nagaland and Uttarakhand. It is grown as ornamental plant. Flowering and fruiting run from August to April.

Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
Monarch Rose Mallow belongs to the Malvaceae family.
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