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Accepted name: 
Hibiscus sabdariffa L. [Malvaceae]
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acedera de guinea Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
afrikanischer Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
amarouna Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambashthaki Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
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)
bamya Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bilee daasavaala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bissap Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cempuliccaikkirai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chidede Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
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 (Kew, 1999)
east indian sorrel plant Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ekamalakwang Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ekiganga Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ekikenke Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
emalakwang Other SEPASAL database (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 Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia 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)
gongura Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
guinea sorrel Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia 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 Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
hibiscus Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
Commercially Important African Med. Plants (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. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
hibiscusblüten Other E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
hibiskus Other Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
india rosella hemp (fibre) Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
indian red sorrel Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
indian sorrel Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
indian-sorrel Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
jamaica Other Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
jamaica sorrel Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
jamaican red sorrel Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
jamaican sorrel Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
java jute Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
jelly okra Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
kacalkirai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalabi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
karkade Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
karkade flowers Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
karkadè Other Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
karkadé Other Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
kashurk-kali Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaunria Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kelebi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kempu Other SEPASAL database (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)
kerkedîa Other Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
ketmie Other Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
kewan marupa Other Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
khataa Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kikenke Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kirken Other SEPASAL database (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 (Kew, 1999)
kulubi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kulubilu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kurkadi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kwajara karakadi Other Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
kwata Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
laal-ambaari Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lakabi Other SEPASAL database (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 (Kew, 1999)
makombo Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
malakwang Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
malventee Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
masts pal Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mei gui qie Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia 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 (Kew, 1999)
mphesya Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mundambi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
musaayi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mutete Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
narayanakkirai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ndambala Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ngai ngai Other 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)
oseille de guinee Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
oseille de guinée Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
pariccakam Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
patna Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
patsan Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
patwa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
pitakaru Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitatarukkirai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
plachakiri Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
polechi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pudisoppu Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
puli-cheera Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulichai-keerai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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 (Kew, 1999)
putikastakkirai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
queensland jelly plant Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
quiabo-azedo Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
quiabo-de-angola Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
quiabo-roxo Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
quiabo-róseo Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
red sorrel Other Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
red tea Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
red-sorrel Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rosa de jamaica Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
rosela Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rosella Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
rosella fibre (fibre) Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
roselle Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
rosellhibiskus Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
roseneibisch Other Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
royal roselle Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
rozella hemp Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
rozelle Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
rozelle hemp (fibre) Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sabdariffa Other SEPASAL database (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-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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
shae kojarat Other Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
shan qie zi Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia 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)
simaikkasuru Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sindambi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sivappukkasuru Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soborodo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sorrel Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
sosoori Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sour sour Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
sour-sour Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
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 (Kew, 1999)
thé rose d'abyssinie Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
thé rose d’abyssinie. Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 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 (Kew, 1999)
ufata dume Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ufuta Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ufuta dume Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ugangampunza Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umganganpunza Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
various leaved hibiscus Other SEPASAL database (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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
wusi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
yakuwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
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)
روزيلا كركديه Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ロゼル Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ローゼル Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
玫瑰茄 Other Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)