Sleeping Hibiscus
Malvaviscus penduliflorus
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
How to identify Sleeping Hibiscus
Identify Sleeping Hibiscus by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Long pendulous flowers.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent.
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Assam and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Malvaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Sleeping Hibiscus.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Malvaviscus penduliflorus
- Genus
- Malvaviscus
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Assam, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura, West Bengal
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“It has pointed, ovular leaves and hairy stems.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sleeping Hibiscus itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sleeping Hibiscus itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Sleeping Hibiscus
Sleeping Hibiscus (Malvaviscus penduliflorus) belongs to the Malvaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 19 other states.
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
Sleeping Hibiscus belongs to the Malvaceae family.
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