Filed As:
Malvaceae
Hibiscus bicalyculatus Merr.
Malvaceae
Hibiscus bicalyculatus Merr.
Common Names:
bosewose
bosewose
Location:
Philippines. Benguet. Baguio, Luzon.
Philippines. Benguet. Baguio, Luzon.
Description:
Climbing on tall trees, the inflorescence usually hanging free from the limbs; leaves soft, nearly equally green on both sides; peduncles terminal and subaxillary; bracts leathery, splitting into two clear to the base and early falling brown; calyx green, soft; corolla deciduous, 2 1/2 inches long, wholly cream white, wrinkled; anthers light yellow (the pollen darker yellow); lower filaments also yellow, the longer upper ones reddish, all deflexed; styles darker red; the nearly globose pistils velvety black; styles twistingly reflexed. "Bosewose".
Climbing on tall trees, the inflorescence usually hanging free from the limbs; leaves soft, nearly equally green on both sides; peduncles terminal and subaxillary; bracts leathery, splitting into two clear to the base and early falling brown; calyx green, soft; corolla deciduous, 2 1/2 inches long, wholly cream white, wrinkled; anthers light yellow (the pollen darker yellow); lower filaments also yellow, the longer upper ones reddish, all deflexed; styles darker red; the nearly globose pistils velvety black; styles twistingly reflexed. "Bosewose".
Other:
Specimen Notes: [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]
Specimen Notes: [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]
Identifiers:
NY Barcode: 04334364
GUID: 358d207b-1c06-4eeb-9152-636d1c27f0be
NY Barcode: 04334364
GUID: 358d207b-1c06-4eeb-9152-636d1c27f0be