EPPO Global Database

Hibiscus elatus(HIBEL)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: HIBEL
  • Preferred name: Hibiscus elatus
  • Authority: Swartz

Notes

Caribbean (Jamaica, Cuba). Cultivated as a street tree, existing in various cultivars


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Talipariti elatum (Swartz) Fryxell

Common names
Name Language
blue mahoe English
Cuban bast English (US)
mahoe English
mountain mahoe English (US)
Baumhibiskus German
hoher Lindeneibisch German
hibiscus en arbre French
ibisco arboreo Italian