Sea hibiscus
തൈപ്പരുത്തി
Hibiscus tiliaceus L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 7.0 m
- wide
- 7.0 m
Malvaceae
Formerly Pariti tiliaceum, Talipariti tiliaceum
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Tropics & SubtropicsKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 4.0 m to 10 mRead from Florida Natural Areas Inventory and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Spread
- 4.0 m to 10 mRead from Florida Natural Areas Inventory, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from Florida Natural Areas Inventory and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Florida Natural Areas Inventory yellow; Wikipedia orange, red, yellow
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from Florida Natural Areas Inventory, one source
Not known yet: light, water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- Simplified Chinese
- 万年春, 右纳, 桐花
- Chinese
- 黃槿, 黄槿
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- 黃槿
- Malayalam
- തൈപ്പരുത്തി
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Florida Natural Areas Inventory, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Hibiscus tiliaceus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.