Sabdariffa meraukensis is an annual flowering shrub in the cotton family Malvaceae, native to much of northern Australia from Western Australia to Queensland, as well as Timor and Merauke, South Papua, Indonesia from where the type specimen was collected.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Merauke Hibiscus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sabdariffa
- Species
- Sabdariffa meraukensis
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