- Scientific Name: Abelmoschus manihot (L.) Medik.
- Ref: Malvenfam. 46. 1787
- Synonyms:
- Abelmoschus maculatus Bartl.
- A. manihot var. megaspermus Hemadri
- A. manihot var. timorensis (DC.) Hochr.
- A. pentaphyllus (Roxb.) Voigt
- A. platidactylus (Bakh.) Nakai
- A. pseudomanihot (DC.) Endl.
- A. venustus Walp.
- Hibiscus bartlingianus Steud.
- H. japonicus Miq.
- H. manihot L.
- H. papyrifer Salisb.
- H. pentaphyllus Roxb.
- H. pseudomanihot DC.
- H. timorensis DC.
- H. zenkeri Gürke
- English Common Name: sunset muskmallow, sunset hibiscus, hibiscus manihot, tropic jewel hibiscus, aibika
- Chinese Common Name: 黄蜀葵 huáng∙shǔkuí, 棉花葵 miánhuā∙kuí, 假阳桃 jiǎ∙yángtáo, 野芙蓉 yě∙fúróng, 黄芙蓉 huáng∙fúróng
- Japanese Common Name: トロロアオイ [とろろ葵] tororoaoi
- Family: Malvaceae
- Genus: Abelmoschus
- Distribution: Grasslands, streamsides, margins of farms; 1000-2100 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan [India, Nepal, Philippines, N Thailand].
- Photo: 09/24/2010, Hangzhou Botanical Garden, Zhejiang
Herbs annual or perennial, 1-2 m tall, most parts long simple-hispid and minutely simple- or few-rayed pubescent. Stipules linear-lanceolate, sometimes 2 on each side of petiole, 1-1.5 cm; petiole 6-18 cm; leaf blade palmately 5-9-lobed, 15-30 cm in diam., lobes oblong-lanceolate, sometimes ± pinnately lobed, 8-18 × 1-6 cm, sparsely long hispid on both surfaces, margin robustly, obtusely serrate. Flowers solitary, subapical and forming terminal raceme; pedicel 1.5-4 cm. Epicalyx lobes 4 or 5, ovate-lanceolate, 15-25 × 4-5 mm, sparsely long hispid. Calyx spathaceous, minutely 5-lobed, nearly entire, longer than epicalyx, puberulent only, not hispid, caducous at fruiting. Corolla yellow with purple center, ca. 12 cm in diam. Staminal column 1.5-2.5 cm; anthers nearly sessile. Stigma purple-black, spatulate-disk-shaped. Capsule ovoid-ellipsoid, 4-5 × 2.5-3 cm, densely hirsute. Seeds many, reniform, with several lines of hairs. Fl. Aug-Oct. (Flora of China)
