Roselle

Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) is a species of Hibiscus native to the west Africa, used for the production of bast fibre and as aninfusion, in which it may also be known as carcade. It is an annual or perennial herb or woody-based subshrub, growing to 2–2.5 m (7–8 ft) tall. The leaves are deeply three- to five-lobed, 8–15 cm (3–6 in) long, arranged alternately on the stems.

The flowers are 8–10 cm (3–4 in) in diameter, white to pale yellow with a dark red spot at the base of each petal, and have a stout fleshy calyx at the base, 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in) wide, enlarging to 3–3.5 cm (1.2–1.4 in), fleshy and bright red as the fruit matures. It takes about six months to mature.

The roselle is known as the rosella or rosella fruit in Australia. It is also known as 'Belchanda' among Nepalese, Tengamora among Assamese and "mwitha" among Bodotribals in Assam, Chukor in Bengali, Gongura in Telugu, "Pulicha Keerai" in Tamil, Pundi in Kannada, Ambadi in Marathi, Mathipuli in Kerala, chin baung in Burma, KraJiabDaeng in Thailand, sobolo in Ghana, som phor dee in Lao PDR, bissap in Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso,Benin and Niger, Réunion, the Congo and France, dah or dah bleni in other parts of Mali, wonjo in the Gambia, zobo in western Nigeria, Zoborodo in Northern Nigeria, Chaye-Torosh in Iran, karkade in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan, omutete in Namibia, sorrel in theCaribbean and in Latin America, Flor de Jamaica in Mexico, Saril in Panama, grosella in Paraguay. Rosela in Indonesia, asam belanda in Malaysia. In Chinese Luo Shen Hua . In Zambia the plant is called lumanda in ciBemba, katolo in kiKaonde, or wusi in chiLunda. In Garo Hills, Meghalaya it is known 'galda'.In the Philippines, Rizal province, it is known as "Guragod",in Panay and mainly Ilonggo speaking parts of Mindanao, as "Labug or Labog".