Appearance
''Hibiscus schizopetalus'' is a shrub growing to 3 metres tall.The red or pink flowers are very distinctive in their frilly, finely divided petals.
Flowers with finely dissected petal have a range of colours, the most common being the red form . Leaves resemble those of ''H. rosa-sinensis''.
The major anthocyanin found in flowers of ''H. schizopetalus'' is cyanidin-3-sambusophoroside . From leaves, two new triterpene esters have been isolated .
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