Hibiscus bicalyculatus Merr.

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Hibiscus bicalyculatus Merr.

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 8921, Mar 1907

  • Location

    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".

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04334364

    Occurrence ID: 358d207b-1c06-4eeb-9152-636d1c27f0be

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89apt* Hibiscus bicalyculatus M«r«/r 0limbing on tall
trees, the inflorescence usually hanging f*00 from the limbs;
leaves soft, nearly ‘equally green on both sides; peduncles
terminal and suba^ill-ary\ bracts leathery, splitting into two
clear to the base and*‘eaifly falling browns calyx green, soft;
ooriua diciduous, 2 1/2 inches long, wholly cream white,»
wrinkled; anthers light yellow fcthe pollen darker yellow flow-
er filaments also yellow, the longer upper one« reddish, all
deflexed; styles darker red; the noarly globose piotiXoi tolToty
black; styles twiotingly reflexed; ffceoewooe. * ¿¿aguio, March,
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