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Taxon:  Hibiscus cannabinus L.



Summary
Genus:
Hibiscus
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Hibisceae
Nomen number:
19012
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1149. 1759
Verified:
05/22/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
354 (328  active, 312  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
bastard-jute –
bimli-jute –
Deccan-hemp –
Indian-hemp –
Java-jute –
kenaf –
kenaf hibiscus –
French
chanvre de Bombay –
chanvre de Guinée –
German
Ambari –
Dekkanhanf –
Gambohanf –
Jawa-Jute –
Kenaf –
India (Hindi)
ambari –
mesta –
patsan –
pitwa –
Italian
ibisco –
Japanese Rōmaji
kenafu –
Spanish
apocino –
Swedish
kenaf –
Transcribed Chinese
da ma jin –
Transcribed Korean
yangma –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaGauteng 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaNorth West 
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
2Cultivated     
4Naturalized     
5UncertainAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West]
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire
Cultivated ()
Naturalized ()
Uncertain
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Materialsfiber Crance, J. C. 1947. Kenaf - fiber-plant rival of jute. Econ. Bot. 1:334-350.
Materialslipids Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=19012. Accessed 8 November 2024.

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