Abelmoschus is a genus of about fifteen species of
flowering plants in the mallow family
Malvaceae, native to tropical
Africa,
Asia and northern
Australia. It was formerly included within
Hibiscus, but is now classified as a distinct genus.The genus comprises
annual and
perennial herbaceous plants, growing to 2 m tall. The
leaves are 10-40 cm long and broad, palmately lobed with 3-7 lobes, the lobes very variable in depth, from barely lobed, to cut almost to the base of the leaf. The
flowers are 4-8 cm diameter, with five white to yellow petals, often with a red or purple spot at the base of each petal. The
fruit is a capsule, 5-20 cm long, containing numerous
seeds.
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