Many thanks Usha di ... a beautiful colour ... almost like vermilion, and anthers to complement with the shade of turmeric. Regards. Dinesh
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: > Very bright colored Hibiscus > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:56 PM, ushadi Micromini < > microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Malvaceae week 09 05 2011 UD 007 Hibiscus sabdariffa RED and Green >> fruits RED and pink flowers >> >> >> Dear All: >> >> >> Family: Malvaceae >> >> >> Genus: Hibiscus >> >> >> Species: H. sabdariffa >> >> >> Binomial name Hibiscus sabdariffa L. >> >> >> Two main varieties… we are dealing with edible red fruits Rosselle >> : *H. sabdariffa *var. *sabdariffa* >> >> * >> * >> >> The plant I present here was in a pot of soil, about 5 feet tall, at the >> tail end of its life, all fruits were ripe and leaves were mostly gone … >> few flowers remained… flowers were deep red… about 5 inches across, 2.5 >> to 3 inches long at nite when closed. The fruits were 1 to 1.5 inches >> long and 07 to 0.8 inches at the widest, the thick calyx was about 2 mm >> thick, and sour. The dried stems of the plant at the end of its life >> were very difficult to cut, matter of fact long thin cuts were found on my >> palms afterward when I had tried having a tug of war with the stems… it >> was then that I discovered that the other variety was non edible and >> source of jute like fibre… oh sure, but this : H. sabdariffa var. >> sabdariffa was doing quite well for itself…. The fibres it had produced >> must have been quite strong too…. >> >> >> >> Our Hibscus sabdariffa var. sabdariffa is an interesting vegetable…. >> >> >> Its called Roselle… for the red colored fleshy calyx I guess… >> >> >> Striking red calyx covers the green fruit inside… the red covering is what >> is we are after… mucilaginous red gooey mass upon boiling becomes an >> appetizing jelly with addition of sugar and cinnamon…. In Bengal. >> >> >> In the west, we drink tea made of “Jamaican TEA” with Jamaican >> Rosselle, a red concoction rich in vitamin C…. add a handful in boiling >> water … turn off the heat, steep , add sugar, ice and enjoy a tall cool >> drink… >> >> >> In Australia an enterprising young group of people had turned their land >> to some exotic use… they used to put the whole red rosselle fruit in the >> wine bottles and /or syrup in such a way that they looked very beautiful at >> the bottom of the champagne glass when transferred from their bottle to the >> tall champagne glass… for a few years was very popular with Brides to be… >> Do not know if they are still in business. >> >> >> >> I have tried eating …cooked of course the green tiny fruit… but is >> totally blah and too mucilaginous for my taste… I do make the jelly every >> year now.... yum... >> >> >> >> Julia Morton has this to say about my plant: “The other distinct type of >> roselle, H. sabdariffa var. sabdariffa, embraces shorter, bushy forms which >> have been described as races: bhagalpuriensi, intermedius, albus, and ruber, >> all breeding true from seed. The first has green, red-streaked, inedible >> calyces; the second and third have yellow-green edible calyces and also >> yield fiber. We are dealing here primarily with the race ruber and its named >> cultivars with edible calyces; secondarily, the green-fruited strains which >> have similar uses and which may belong to race albus. “ >> >> So I guess my plant was the *ruber race* . >> >> (refer ence for Ms Mortons’ essay is her famous book: >> >> Morton, J. 1987. Roselle. p. 281–286. In: Fruits of warm climates. >> Julia F. Morton, Miami, FL via URL: >> http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/roselle.html >> >> >> >> <http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/roselle.html> >> >> >> <http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/roselle.html> >> >> I present to you red flowered red calyxed fruited plant, red fruits >> from the bazaar, green calyxed fruit from the market, and green fruited >> pink flowered plant from the local garden.... >> >> >> enjoy >> >> >> <http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/roselle.html> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Usha di >> >> >> Ps Dinesh ji I promsed I’ll do it today … here is the red flower… of H. >> sabdariffa var. sabdariffa ..... >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
