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Alkalis hibiscus flowers,

code of plants: 7-56000-002-0024

name: native hibiscus flowers alkali

Science Name: hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

Common Name: snowflake hibiscus.

name of the house: MALVACEAE

Appearance Vision: shrub

Features of the plant: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is a
bushy, evergreen shrub or small tree growing 2.5–

5 m (8–16 ft) tall and 1.5–3 m (5–10 ft) wide, with
glossy leaves and solitary, brilliant red flowers in

summer and autumn. The 5-petaled flowers are
10 cm (4 in) in diameter, with prominent orange-
tipped red anthers.

Trivia: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is the national

flower of Malaysia, called Bunga Raya in Malay.
Introduced into the Malay Peninsula in the 12th

century, it was nominated as the national flower in
the year 1958 by the Ministry of Agriculture amongst
a few other flowers, namely ylang

ylang, jasmine, lotus, rose, magnolia, and medlar. On
28 July 1960, it was declared by the government of

Malaysia that Hibiscus rosa-sinensis would be the
national flower.