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Malaviscus arboreus Cavanilles
These brilliant red flowers are on a shrub about 4 feet high. The blooms don't open wide. A real traffic stopper for insects.
Shady areas.
Calling all insects.
Spotted on May 29, 2011
Submitted on Jun 2, 2011
6 Comments
Got it
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/638...
I look forward to seeing the pictures. It sure is a pretty red ir even comes out well on the digital sensor.
Yes..Joseph, its common in India and flowers even used for temple prayers. I will update of it as spotting as locate any tree here..!!
Thanks again, Alice and Ashish for the ID and confirmation! I was wondering if it was a hibiscus. Sure is pretty in a garden.
Alice you are right, its a popular type of Hibiscus shrub a separate species of cultivar. Flowers are very bright in colour.
It is likely Turk's Cap Mallow, a type of Hibiscus that does not open. Malviviscus arboreus Cavanilles