Hibiscus

Description:

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, known colloquially as rose mallow, Chinese hibiscus, China rose and shoe flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to East Asia. It has several names in different languages: Jaswand in Marathi, Bengali: জবা (Jaba), Sembaruthi-செம்பருத்தி in Tamil, Hindi: गुड़हल, गुड़हर, अड़हुल, जपा,[5] जवा कुसुम[6] , Chemparathy - ചെമ്പരത്തി in Malayalam, Mondaro in Oriya,Wada Mal in Sinhala, Mamdaram (మందారం) in Telugu.

Habitat:

It is widely grown as an ornamental plant throughout the tropics and subtropics. It does not tolerate temperatures below 10 °C (50 °F).