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संस्कृत नाम- स्थलकमल
Botanical name - Hibiscus mutabilis
Description -
Large shrubs or small trees. Leaves cordate, hairy, 3 to 5-lobed. Flowers white or pink turning red. Capsule subglobose, hairy
Chemical_Constituents-
Stems contain flavone glycoside naringenin, eriodictyol arabino pyranoside. Flowers contain quercimeritrin, meatrin and cyanin.
Uses -
Leaves used in cough, menorrhagia, dysuria, wounds caused by bums and scalds. Flowers given in pectoral and pulmonary complaints
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