Greetings all steemit friends, today I photographed the flower that I met on the roadside near my school house.
In Sumatra and on the island of Java, this flower is called the Hibiscus flower, a flower that comes from east Asia, and this plant thrives in the tropics.
Latin name of this flower * Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. * This plant belongs to the bushes of the Malvaceae tribe originating from East Asia and is widely grown as an ornamental plant in the tropics and subtropics.
Feature of hibiscus flower
The characteristic of this flower is large, red and odorless. This flower is white to yellow, orange to red or pink. Meanwhile, this flower is shaped like a trumpet with a diameter of about 6 cm to 20 cm. The pistillum extends out from the base of the flower. This flower can bloom facing up, down or sideways.
In general, sterile plants do not contain toxins and produce no fruit. Plants multiply by cuttings, transplants, and paste.
The benefits of hibiscus flowers
In Indonesia, hibiscus flowers are widely used as ornamental plants, while leaves and flowers are used for traditional medicine, in India, they are used to polish shoes and as offerings, while in China, red flowers are used as food colorings.
photo capture: Xiaomi redmi 4x.
Photo location: Lhokseumawe, Aceh indonesia.
