A plant genus of the family MALVACEAE. Members contain CITRIC ACID; MALATES; ANTHOCYANINS; FLAVONOIDS; GLYCOSIDES; DIETARY FIBER; and LIGNANS. Hibiscus sabdariffa is common constituent of HERBAL TEAS. Hibiscus cannabinus is a source of hemp fiber for TEXTILES.
    

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China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): flowering shoot. Coloured line engraving.

A coal tit on the flowering branch of an Hibiscus plant. Watercolour.

Ten flowering plants, including two orchids and an Hibiscus species. Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.

An hibiscus flower (Hibiscus arnottianus): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1887, by Leighton Brothers after I. Sinclair.

A plant (Hibiscus aculeatus Roxb.) related to China rose: branch with flowers and separate flower, fruits and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, dissected fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Five types of hibiscus plant (Hibiscus species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.

Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

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A coal tit on the flowering branch of an Hibiscus plant. Watercolour.

Ten flowering plants, including two orchids and an Hibiscus species. Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.

China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, dissected fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Five types of hibiscus plant (Hibiscus species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.

Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).