What flower is this, please?

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  1. Sachi

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    I need help to identify this large white flower that grows in a bush outside my home in Bangalore, India. The flower is initially white, but turns pink later on. The leaves have angled corners as you can see, and the flower lasts just about a day. Picture attached.
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    I am attaching two more photos....taken in the morning and evening.
     

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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Some kind of Malvaceae, perhaps a hibiscus. Possibly a Confederate Rose.
     
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    It is Hibiscus mutabilis. See the attached snaps.
     

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    Thanks, Nandan!
    I went to your website and found it a treasure-trove! Congratulations and best wishes.
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    A.K.A. Confederate rose.
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Not outside of the USA, so not helpful for someone in India.
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    As you like to point out when using metric measurements and non-North American common names only - which are completely unhelpful to US non-scientists - internet used by people all over. "Confederate rose" can be brought up as easily using a web search as any other common name.
     
  10. Sachi

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    Know, guys, I am happy that such a site exists at all and Ron gave the name within minutes of my posting. I am quite happy to know it belongs to the hibiscus family. In fact I wonder, long before the Internet age, how plants and flowers moved around the world so much... my rudinemntary research shows hibiscus flowers were originally from China....
     
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    Food and medicinal plants in particular taken with them by people looking for new places to live, probably as soon as agriculture began to be practiced. Interest in ornamental plants varies with time and cultural conditions, but goes back long enough that some of these have been spread widely also. There are also ritual/religious uses of flowers and other showy plant parts that may have resulted in otherwise purely ornamental plants being kept even where pleasure gardens were not being made.
     
  12. Sachi

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    Sure, I agree.

    By the way, io Indian temples, and religious ceremonies, there is a clear hierarchy of preferences for flowers, and of course the more indigenious and fragrant flowers are more used. Also, even very ancient texts in Sanskrit list lots of flowers of indigenious origin. There is even a mythical legend of a celestial being who came to steal flowers!

    By the way, folks, now tell me, what is THIS flower?
     

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