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Malvaviscus penduliflorus
Also called Giant Mexican Turk's Cap, Sleeping Hibiscus, Turk's Cap
Malvaviscus penduliflorus is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It can be found in many tropical places including in the United States, South America, Asia, Australia, and several islands.
It's known by many names including mazapan, Turk's cap mallow, cardinal's hat, firecracker hibiscus, sleeping hibiscus, and sleepy mallow; some of these names are shared with other flowers, most especially Malvaviscus arboreus. Its name penduliflorus means "hanging flower"
It is unknown where Malvaviscus penduliflorus is native to, though speculated to be Mexico, possibly as a cultivation of M. arboreus. It is cultivated and naturalized throughout tropical climates including North and South America, Oceania including Australia and New Zealand, Africa, Asia, and some islands.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Malvaviscus penduliflorus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
