What are the alternative names for Hibiscus mutabilis? Get to know these names

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Hibiscus mutabilis blooms in late autumn, with a long flowering period and vigorous blooming. It has many cultivars, and its flower colors and flower forms vary richly from cultivar to cultivar. It is an excellent ornamental flowering tree species. Let's learn about Hibiscus mutabilis flowers together below!

Alternative names for Hibiscus mutabilis

Hibiscus mutabilis is also known as Furong flower, Jushuang flower, Mulian, Difurong, and Huamu. It is native to China and is a deciduous shrub in the Malvaceae family, Hibiscus genus.

Growth habits of Hibiscus mutabilis

Hibiscus mutabilis prefers a warm, humid environment with plenty of sunlight. It tolerates partial shade slightly and has a certain degree of cold hardiness. It is not demanding about soil, but grows best in fertile, moist, well-drained sandy soil. It can be planted in a sunny spot in a courtyard or beside a pond. Normally it is managed with relatively extensive care; pay attention to watering during drought. Each winter or spring, dig a trench around the plant and apply some decomposed organic fertilizer. After fertilizing, water promptly and cover the soil.

In cold regions, some tender branches of plants grown in the ground may freeze to death in winter. There is no need to worry about them; after the temperature warms up in spring, new branches will emerge. Pruning is done after flowering. The tree shape can be pruned into either a tree form or a shrub form, but either way, dead branches, weak branches, and inner canopy branches should be cut away to ensure good ventilation and light penetration inside the canopy. Hibiscus mutabilis can also be grown in pots. The potting soil should be loose, fertile, and well drained and aerated. During the growing season, there must be enough moisture to meet its growth needs. In winter, move it indoors to overwinter, maintaining0～10°C to ensure it goes dormant.

Morphological characteristics of Hibiscus mutabilis

Hibiscus mutabilis is a deciduous shrub or small tree, reaching a height of1mmany. The branches are densely covered with stellate hairs. The leaves are alternate, broadly ovate or round-ovate, palmately3～5shallowly lobed, with acute or acuminate tips, and stellate tomentum on both surfaces. The flowers are large, borne singly in the leaf axils at the ends of branches, in colors such as red, pink, and white. The flowering period is8～10month. The capsule is oblate,10～11month to mature. In colder regions, it withers at the end of autumn and sprouts branches and buds again from the perennial roots the following year. It is clump-forming, only1mor so in height. In places where winter temperatures are higher, it can grow as tall as7～8m, and some have a diameter reaching20cm. The leaves are large, broadly ovate,3～5lobed, with triangular lobes, a heart-shaped base, bluntly serrate leaf margins, and hairs on both surfaces. The flowers are borne singly in the leaf axils at the ends of branches. There are white forms, forms that are initially pale red and later turn deep red, as well as large red double-flowered, white double-flowered, half-white half-peach double-flowered, and red-and-white variegated forms.

Complete list of Hibiscus mutabilis cultivars

Common cultivars of Hibiscus mutabilis

White Hibiscus mutabilis: bears white flowers

Pink Hibiscus mutabilis: flower color is pink

Red Hibiscus mutabilis: bright red flowers, large and double-flowered, closely resembling a peony

Yellow Hibiscus mutabilis: also known as Huangmo, yellow flowers, bell-shaped, with a dark purple center, large and double-flowered, closely resembling a peony, a rare cultivar

Drunken Hibiscus mutabilis: also known as "Three Drunken Hibiscus mutabilis", opening white in the early morning, turning peach red at noon, and then turning deep red in the evening, a rare and precious cultivar.

Application value of Hibiscus mutabilis flowers

11. Ornamental value. Hibiscus mutabilis blooms in late autumn, with a long flowering period and vigorous blooming. It has many cultivars, and its flower colors and flower forms vary richly from cultivar to cultivar. It is an excellent ornamental flowering tree species. Because the flowers are large and colorful, it has been planted in courtyards in China since ancient times. It can be planted as a specimen or in groups by walls, roadsides, in front of halls, and other places. It is especially suitable for planting beside water. When in bloom, the shimmering water and reflections of the flowers set each other off beautifully, making it especially enchanting, hence the name "Zhaoshui Furong" (Furong reflected in water). In addition, it is very suitable for planting in courtyards, on slopes, along roadsides, at forest edges and in front of buildings, or grown as a flowering hedge. In the cold north, it can also be grown in pots for ornamental display.

22. Industrial uses. The stem bark contains cellulose39%. The stem bark fiber is flexible and water-resistant, and can be used as a raw material for ropes and textiles, and can also be used to make paper.

33. Medicinal value. The flowers, leaves, and roots of Hibiscus mutabilis are rich in medicinal components such as flavonoids, hyperoside, inulin glycosides, phenolics, and reducing sugars, and all can be used as medicine. It can clear heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and discharge pus, and cool blood and stop bleeding. It is used for cough due to lung heat, excessive menstruation, and leukorrhea; externally it is used to treat carbuncles, swellings, sores and boils, mastitis, lymphadenitis, mumps, burns and scalds, venomous snake bites, and traumatic injuries. The well-known "Yulu San" and "Furong Flower Oil" are made from the flowers and leaves of Hibiscus mutabilis.