About Comfortroot
Hibiscus hispidissimus is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found in South East Asia.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hibiscus hispidissimus
- Genus
- Hibiscus
- Family
- MALVACEAE
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Distribution
- Paleotropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- वन गुढ़ल van gurhal
- Tamil
- மலைப்புளிச்சை malai-p-puliccai
- Kannada
- Betta bende
- Malayalam
- ഞാറന്പുളി njaaranpuli
- Marathi
- काटेरी भेंडी kateri bhendi
Botanical family
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
Comfortroot belongs to the Malvaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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