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Spider hibiscus (Hibiscus schizopetalus)

Dlium Spider hibiscus (Hibiscus schizopetalus)

Spider hibiscus (Hibiscus schizopetalus) is a plant species in the Malvaceae, taproot, erect stem woody, smooth, bark green when young and becomes grayish with increasing time, upper branches generally droop.

H. schizopetalus has leaves of a simple shape, stemmed, ovoid in shape, serrated edges, pointed tip and base, up to 12 cm long, up to 7.5 cm wide and grow crowded at the ends of branches.





Single flower, stem with a length of 8-16 cm, out of the axillary leaves and hanging down. The crown has a double pinnate crown with a narrow, ragged-looking crown. Bright red color with a darker base. The stamen tube is limp and 7-9 cm long. The fruit is a cylindrical capsule with five chambers. Reniform seeds, 2-3 mm in diameter and dark brown.

This species grows well in the lowlands with an elevation of 0-200 meters, full sun, moist soil, good drainage and requires little water.

This plant contains anthocyanins, alkaloids, triterpenoids, triterpene esters, phenolic acids, flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, and sterols. Has antioxidant, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic activities. This plant is often used to treat boils and abscesses, relieve swelling, smooth out pus and accelerate wound healing.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Hibisceae
Genus: Hibiscus L. in Sp. Pl.: 693 (1753)
Species: Hibiscus schizopetalus (Mast.) Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. 106: t. 6524 (1880)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis var. schizopetalus (Mast.) Dyer in Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 568 (1879)
Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis f. schizopetalus Mast. in Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 538 (1879)
Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis schizopetalus (Mast.) J.Denny in Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 538 (1879)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Hibiscus fauriei H.Lév. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 120 (1911)

PUBLICATIONS

Abedin, S. (1979). Flora of West Pakistan 130: 1-107.

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Aung, Y.L., Aung, M.H., Tan, Y. & Jin, X. (2025). An updated checklist of vascular plants of Myanmar. PhytoKeys 261: 135-364.

Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.

Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.

Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.

Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1987). Flore des Mascareignes 51-62: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.

Chayamarit, K. & Balslev, H. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Thailand 14(2): 185-358. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Exell, A.W. (1973). Angiosperms of the islands of the gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, S.Tomé, and Annobon). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Botany 4: 325-411.

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015). Flora of North America North of Mexico 6: 1-468. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Florence, J. & Hallé, N. (1986). Suite du catalogue des plantes a fleurs et Fougères des iles Australes. Rapa: 151-158. Direction des centres d'expérimentations nucléaires. Service mixte de contrôle biologique.

Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.

Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.

Lejoly, J. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo): Familles des Malvaceae, Orchidaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae. Taxonomania 29: 1-41.

Lopes Esteves, G., Duarte, M.C. & Takeuchi, C. (2014). Sinopse de Hibiscus L. (Malvoideae, Malvaceae) do estado de São Paulo, Brasil: espécies nativas e cultivadas ornamentais. Hoehnea 41: 529-539.

Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.

Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Verdcourt, B. & Mwachala, G.M. (2009). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Malvaceae: 1-170.

Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 12: 1-534. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Xuyên, Đ.T. (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 14: 1-314. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.

VERNACULAR NAME

Arabic: الكركديه العنكبوت
Burmese: ပန်းဆွဲလှ Pan-swe-le
Chinese (Simplified): 吊灯扶桑
Chinese (Traditional): 裂瓣朱槿
Czech: Ibišek dřípený
Danish: Fliget hibiscus
English: Spider hibiscus, Coral hibiscus, Lantern hibiscus, Fringed rosemallow, Japanese lantern, Shoe-flower, Japanese hibiscus
Estonian: Lõhikhibisk
Filipino: Gumamela de araña
Finnish: Sulkahibiskus
French: Lanterne japonaise
Guangdong: 裂瓣朱槿
Hebrew: היביסקוס עכביש
Hong Kong: 裂瓣朱槿
Indonesia: Kembang sepatu, Kembang sepatu gantung, Worawari, Bunga sepatu sungsang
Japanese: フウリンブッソウゲ
Java: Kembang sepatu gantung, Worawari, Kembang enting-enting, Kembang lampu
Korean: 거미 히비스커스
Lao: Deng soy
Macao: 裂瓣朱槿
Malaysia: Bunga Sepatu, Bunga Raya
Manipuri: Juba kusum
Marathi: Katari Jaswand
Polish: Ketmia rozdzielnopłatkowa
Portuguese: Hibisco-crespo, Mimo-crespo
Russian: Гибискус рассечённолепестный
Spanish: Canastita
Sranan: Tongo angaangalampu
Taiwan: 裂瓣朱槿
Thai: พู่ระหง

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