Hibiscus schizopetalus is a
shrub growing to 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 (Keena
et al., 2002; Ng, 2006). Leaves resemble those of
H. rosa-sinensis. The major
anthocyanin found in flowers of
H. schizopetalus is cyanidin-3-sambusophoroside (Lowry, 1976). From leaves, two new
triterpene esters have been isolated (Jose & Vijayan, 2006). ==Uses==