Datasheet
Hibiscus sabdariffa (Roselle)
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Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Hibiscus sabdariffa L.
Preferred Common Name
- Roselle
International Common Names
- English: Indian sorrel; Jamaica sorrel; red sorrel
- Spanish: canamo de Guinea; rosella; sereni
- French: ketmie rose; oseille de Guinée
Local Common Names
- Germany: Rama; Rosellahanf
- Italy: carcade
EPPO code
- HIBSA (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Angiospermae
- Class: Dicotyledonae
- Order: Malvales
- Family: Malvaceae
- Genus: Hibiscus
- Species: Hibiscus sabdariffa
List of Pests
Top of pageMajor host of:
Celosia argentea (celosia); Cercospora hibiscina (hibiscus leaf spot); Commelina benghalensis (wandering jew); Drymaria cordata (tropical chickweed); Dysdercus superstitiosus (cotton stainer bug); Earias biplaga (spiny bollworm); Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug); Okra mosaic virus; Panicum repens (torpedo grass); Paracoccus marginatus (papaya mealybug); Pectinophora gossypiella (pink bollworm); Phytophthora nicotianae (black shank)Minor host of:
Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Indian cotton jassid); Berkeleyomyces basicola (black root rot); Cenchrus biflorus (Indian sandbur); Coniella diplodiella (grapevine white rot); Eutinobothrus brasiliensis (cotton root borer); Exophthalmus vittatus (citrus weevil); Haematonectria haematococca (dry rot of potato); Meloidogyne acronea (African cotton root nematode); Prepodes similis (leaf weevil); Rhizobium radiobacter (crown gall); Rhizobium rhizogenes (gall); Rotylenchulus reniformis (reniform nematode); Sacadodes pyralis (Trinidad bollworm); Scutellonema bradys (yam nematode); Synedrella nodiflora (synedrella); Tridax procumbens (coat buttons)Host of (source - data mining):
Aphis gossypii (cotton aphid); Apion corchori (jute stem weevil); Bemisia tabaci (tobacco whitefly); Colletotrichum truncatum (soyabean anthracnose); Coniella hibisci (sorrel blight); Corynespora cassiicola (target leaf spot of tomato); Cylas puncticollis (sweet potato weevil); Desmidophorus hebes; Empoasca; Empoasca decipiens (leafhopper, cotton); Eumeta minuscula (tea bagworm); Fusarium concentricum; Fusarium incarnatum; Fusarium oxysporum (basal rot); Glomerella cingulata (anthracnose); Jacobiasca lybica (cotton jassid); Macrophomina phaseolina (charcoal rot of bean/tobacco); Meloidogyne (root knot nematodes); mycoplasma-like organisms; Nisotra orbiculata; Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (cotton, seed bug); Phomopsis longicolla (pod and stem blight); Planococcus minor (passionvine mealybug); Ralstonia solanacearum biovar 4/race 4 (bacterial wilt of Zingiberaceae); Spilarctia obliqua (common hairy caterpillar)Uses List
Top of pageAnimal feed, fodder, forage
- Fodder/animal feed
Fuels
- Miscellaneous fuels
Human food and beverage
- Beverage base
- Fruits
- Oil/fat
- Spices and culinary herbs
- Vegetable
Materials
- Fibre
Medicinal, pharmaceutical
- Traditional/folklore