Summary
Place of publication:
Collectanea 2:307. 1789 ("1788"); Icon. pl. rar. 3: t. 551. 1792 ("1786-1793")
Verified:
03/21/2005
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Bates, D. M. 1965. Notes on the cultivated Malvaceae. 1. Hibiscus. Baileya 13:86,88.
- Borssum Waalkes, J. v. 1966. Malesian Malvaceae revised. Blumea 14:65.
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- Cufodontis, G. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. 1953-1972
- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
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- Wilson, F. D. 1978. Wild kenaf, Hibiscus cannabinus L. (Malvaceae), and related species in Kenya and Tanzania. Econ. Bot. 32:204.
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Common names
English
Cape hibiscus – swamp hibiscus – German
Kap-Roseneibisch –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Congo | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Rwanda | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Senegal
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Rwanda
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Mauritius
Naturalized
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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=19024.
Accessed 8 December 2025.