Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hibiscus sabdariffa L. [Malvaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acedera de guinea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
afrika bamyasi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
afrikanischer	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
amarouna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambashthaki	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ambashtthaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ambasthaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambaṣṭhakī (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ambodi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
arakkanicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asam belanda	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
asam kumbang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
asam susu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
asam susur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bamya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bilat-chinbaung	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
bilee daasavaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bisr el karkadee	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
bissap	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)
bunga rosela	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 2) (DKRI, 2011) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
bunga sorel	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cakkirappuliccaikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carcade	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
carurú-de-guiné	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cempuliccaikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chai kujarat	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
chai makkeh	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
chidede	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chin-bong	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
chinbaung-ni	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
chinebaune	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
cimaikkacini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimaikkacuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimaikkayccurai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimaippuliccai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappukacalkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappukkacurukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappukkayccurai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappuppuliccaikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dikelenge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
east indian sorrel plant	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekamalakwang	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekiganga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekikenke	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
emalakwang	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
erragomgura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erragomguru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erragon kaaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erragongaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erragonguru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erragonkaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ettagomgura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ettagongaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ettagonguru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fausse oseille	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
florida cranberry	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
giya tirş	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
gogu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gongura	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
guinea sorrel	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
gule kucerat	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
gule xene	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
hamaíga	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
hibisci flos	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hibisci sabdariffae flos	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 2) (DKRI, 2011) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
hibiscus	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
hibiscus sabdariffa flower	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
hibiscusblüten	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
hibiskus	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
hóng jīn méi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
india rosella hemp (fibre)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
indian red sorrel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
indian sorrel	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
indian-sorrel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jamaica	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
jamaica sorrel	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
jamaica, flor	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
jamaica-sorrel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jamaican red sorrel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jamaican sorrel	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
java jute	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
jelly okra	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
kacalkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalabi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kar kadaih	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
karkade	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
karkade flowers	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karkadeh	Other	Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009)
karkadé	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
karkeda	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
kashurk-kali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaunria	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kelebi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kempu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kempu pundi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu pundike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu pundrike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu pundrike pullichekir	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kempupundrike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kerkede	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
kerkedeh	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kerkedîa	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
kewan marupa	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
khataa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kikenke	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kirken	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kolada	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kombi kombi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kororo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
krachiap	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
kulubi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kulubilu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kurkadi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kwajara karakadi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
kwata	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
laal-ambaadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
laal-ambaari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lakabi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lal ambadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lal ambari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lal-anbari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalambadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalambari	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lambari	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
luo shen hua	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
luò jì kuí	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
luò shén huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
luò shén kuí	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lì bīn nà	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
makombo	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
malakwang	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
malventee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maravilla	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
masts pal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mei gui qie	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
meiguiqie	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
mesta	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mphesya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mundambi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
musaayi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutete	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
méi guī qié	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
narayanakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natal sorrel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ndambala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ngai ngai	Other	Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
nguka nzizi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
nsa lukaya	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
nzanzeka	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
níng méng shuǐ guàn mù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
oseille de guinee	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oseille de guinée	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
pariccakam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
patavaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
patna	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
patsan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
patwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
phat-swon-pan	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
pitakaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitatarukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
plachakiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pokok ribena	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
polechi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
pudisoppu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
puilchakeen	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
puli-cheera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulichai-keerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pulichakeere	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulicheera	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pulichikire	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pulikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pundee beeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pundi beeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pundi soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pundibija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pundicura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pundikura	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pundisoppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pusa hemp (fibre)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
putikastakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
queensland jelly plant	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
quiabo-azedo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
quiabo-de-angola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
quiabo-roxo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
quiabo-róseo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
red sorrel	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
red tea	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
red-sorrel	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rosa de jamaica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
rosela	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rosella	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
rosella fibre (fibre)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
roselle	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
roselle hemp	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
rosellhibiskus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
royal roselle	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
rozel	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rozella hemp	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rozelle	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
rozelle hemp (fibre)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sabdariffa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sabdariffa-eibisch	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seemagogu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seemagonguru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seemai kaseru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seemai-pulichai-keera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seeme pundi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seeme pundi soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seemegogu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seivappukaychuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sereni	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
serení	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shae kojarat	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
shan qie zi	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
shima-gomgura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shimagonguru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shimai-kashuruk-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shivappu-kashuruk-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shivappu-kashuruk-virai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shān qié	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
simaikkasuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sindambi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sivappu kashmakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sivappukashmakkal	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
sivappukkasuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soborodo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sorrel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
sosoori	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sour sour	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
sour-sour	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
sum-bawng	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
tak bhend	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tambdi-ambadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarucakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tevatamikakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thorny mallow	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thé rose d'abyssinie	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
thé rose d’abyssinie	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
tirakalanturam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirakalumakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiralukamam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirankalumam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ufata	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ufata dume	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ufuta	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ufuta dume	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ugangampunza	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umganganpunza	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
various leaved hibiscus	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vattiratarucceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilaayathi pundi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilaayathi pundrike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilaayithi pundi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vinagreira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
vinagrillo	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
warak el karkadee	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
warak-el-karkadee	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
wusi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yakuwa	Other	Leafy Veg. in NW Nigeria (Muhammad & Shinkafi, 2014) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yerragogu	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
çay kucerat	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
،يتارجوك ةيدكرك	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
الشاي‬ الأحمر‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
روزيلا كركديه	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
كركديه	Other	Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015)
‫كركدية	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
ロゼル	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
ローゼル	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
利繽納	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山茄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
柠檬水灌木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
洛济葵	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
洛神花	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
洛神葵	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
玫瑰茄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
紅金梅	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
calyx, epicalyx		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Calyx, epicalyx		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
calyx		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Flos		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
calyx, epicalyx	dried whole or cut calyces and epicalyces	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Flower		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
flowers, fruits		Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
calyx, root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Calyx, sepal		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
Flower		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Leaf		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Leaves		Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
leaves, stem, root		Leafy Veg. in NW Nigeria (Muhammad & Shinkafi, 2014)
flowers		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
calyces, flowers, leaves	dried calyces, dried leaves, fresh leaves	Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)
fruits		Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
flower		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
flowers		Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
whole flower		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
flower, calyx		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flower	whole or cut dried calyces or epicalyces	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
seed	whole or cut dried calyces and epicalyces	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
root	dried root	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
calyx	dried calyx	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
calyx, epicalyx, leaf, seed		African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
fruit	Whole or cut dried calyces and epicalyces, collected during fruiting	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
cáliz, calículo	cáliz y el calículo secos, enteros o fragmentados	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hibiscus masuianus De Wild. & T.Durand Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 38: 20 (1899).
Hibiscus subdariffa Rottb. Acta Lit. Univ. Hafn. 1: 297 (1778), orth. var.
Abelmoschus cruentus Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 310 (1842), nom. superfl.
Furcaria sabdariffa Ulbr. in H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 2): 402 (1921).
Hibiscus acetosus Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 17 (1790), nom. nud.
Hibiscus cruentus Bertol. Fl. Guatimal.: 28 (1840), nom. superfl.
Hibiscus cuneatus Bertol. Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. 3: 138 (1840).
Hibiscus digitatus Cav. Diss. 3: 151 (1787).
Hibiscus digitatus var. kerrianus DC. Prodr. 1: 453 (1824).
Hibiscus fraternus L. Pl. Surin.: 90 (1775).
Hibiscus gossypifolius Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 10 (1768).
Hibiscus palmatilobus Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 509 (1885).
Hibiscus sanguineus Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 520 (1854).
Sabdariffa digitata (Cav.) Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1857 (1836).
Sabdariffa rubra Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1857 (1836).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hibicus sabdariffa L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Hibiscus masuianus De Wild. & T.Durand	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Hibiscus sabdariffa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Herbal Med. in Jordan (Abu-Irmaileh & Afifi, 2003) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Hibiscus sabdariffa DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Hibiscus sabdariffa L.	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 2) (DKRI, 2011) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017) Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hibiscus sabdariffa L. var. sabdariffa	Leafy Veg. in NW Nigeria (Muhammad & Shinkafi, 2014)
Hibiscus sabdariffa L., nom. cons.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Hibiscus sabdariffa Linné var. sabdariffa	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
Hibiscus subdariffa	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Hibiscus subdariffa L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)

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