Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

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Malvaceae
FLORA OF ECUADOR
Collected by L. P. Kvist
and L. Holm-Nielsen
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Hibiscus	'
~M- Y. mi
Province PICHINCHA
In the Colorado community "Congoma Grande" at km. 23 on the Santa Domingo -
Puerto Limón road. Farmland and ravine with strongly disturbed forest remnants.
(79° 22’ W 00° 21' S) Alt. 100 m.
7 Jun 1982
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Shrub, 2 m tall. Planted. Petals white. Nom. Vem.: Dishan tape luli (Colorado);
Use: For a bath ("baño de fresco"). [Hibiscus rosa-sinensis x schizopetalus ?, det.
P. Fryxell, 1988-90, on dupl. in QCA].
Botanical Institute, Aarhus University, Denmark (AAU)
in collaboration P. Universidad Católica, Quito, Ecuador
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