Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hibiscus syriacus L. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
altea	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
altéia-arbustiva	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blue hibiscus	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bái bù lí	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chuān jǐn pí	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
echter roseneibisch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
frilandshibiskus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fān lí cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gole khatmi	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
hachisu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hibisci cortex	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
hibisco-colunar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hibisco-da-síria	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hibiscus de syrie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hybiscus bark	Other	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
juba kusum angouba	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
lí yán shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mugunghwa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mukuge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mù guì huā shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mù jǐn huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mù jǐn pí	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mù jǐn yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rosa-de-sharão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rose-of-sharon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shrub-althaea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
syrian hibiscus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
syrian ketmia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zhāo tiān zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
川槿皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
朝天子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
木桂花树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
木槿叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
木槿子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
木槿根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
木槿皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
木槿花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白布篱	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
篱沿树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
藩篱草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
flower		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
root bark, stem		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Althaea frutex Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: [s.p.] (1768).
Hibiscus acerifolius Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 38 (1806).
Hibiscus arborescens Gaterau Desc. Pl. Montauban: 122 (1789).
Hibiscus chinensis DC. Prodr. 1: 455 (1824).
Hibiscus floridus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 383 (1796).
Hibiscus rhombifolius Cav. Diss. 3: 156 (1787).
Hibiscus syriacus var. alboplenus Sweet Hort. Brit.: 51 (1826).
Hibiscus syriacus var. albus Sweet Hort. Brit.: 51 (1826).
Hibiscus syriacus var. amplissimus L.F.Gagnep. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 10: 132 (1861).
Hibiscus syriacus var. brevibracteatus S.Y.Hu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 153: 53 (1955).
Hibiscus syriacus var. chinensis Lindl. J. Hort. Soc. London 8: 58 (1853).
Hibiscus syriacus var. elegantissimus L.F.Gagnep. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 10: 132 (1861).
Hibiscus syriacus var. grandiflorus Rehder Man. Cult. Trees: 619 (1927).
Hibiscus syriacus var. longibracteatus S.Y.Hu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 153: 53 (1955).
Hibiscus syriacus var. marginatus Sweet Hort. Brit.: 51 (1826).
Hibiscus syriacus var. micranthus Y.N.Lee & K.B.Yim Korean J. Pl. Taxon. 22: 8 (1992).
Hibiscus syriacus var. paeoniiflorus L.F.Gagnep. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 10: 132 (1861).
Hibiscus syriacus var. purpureoplenus Sweet Hort. Brit.: 51 (1826).
Hibiscus syriacus var. purpureus Sweet Hort. Brit.: 51 (1826).
Hibiscus syriacus var. ruber Sweet Hort. Brit.: 51 (1826).
Hibiscus syriacus var. sinensis Lem. Jard. FIeur. 4: t. 370 (1854).
Hibiscus syriacus var. totoalbus T.Moore Gard. Chron., n.s., 10: 524 (1878).
Hibiscus syriacus var. variegatus Sweet Hort. Brit.: 51 (1826).
Hibiscus syriacus var. violaceus L.F.Gagnep. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 10: 132 (1861).
Ketmia arborea Moench Methodus: 617 (1794), nom. superfl.
Ketmia syriaca (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 45 (1771).
Ketmia syrorum Medik. Malvenfam.: 45 (1787), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hibiscus syriacus	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Hibiscus syriacus L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) 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 syriacus Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Hibiscus syriacus Linné	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

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