Turk's cap
മൊട്ടുചെമ്പരത്തിলঙ্কা জবা
Malvaviscus arboreus Dill. ex Cav.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 1.5 m
- wide
- 1.5 m
Malvaceae
Also called Wax mallow
Formerly Achania malvaviscus, Hibiscus malvaviscus
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
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
- Mexico to Trinidad and PeruKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Woodlanders, one source
- Height
- 1.2 m to 1.8 mRead from Woodlanders, one source
- Spread
- 1.2 m to 1.8 mRead from Woodlanders, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from Woodlanders, one source
Not known yet: water, flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- root
- alalatz, ata, makgxo
- Spanish
- Altea, manzanilla, Amapolita
- myn
- taman-che'ich
- Portuguese
- Hibisco-colibri
- Chinese
- 南美朱槿, 大紅袍, 悬铃花
- Czech
- ibiškovec dřevnatý
- Japanese
- マルバヒメフヨウ
- Russian
- Мальвавискус древовидный
- Thai
- ชบาหนู
- Danish
- søvnig hawaiiblomst
- Arabic
- خبيزة الشمع
- Swedish
- bärmalva
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Woodlanders, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Malvaviscus arboreus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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