*Hibiscus schizopetalus * (Dyer) Hook.f. - *Hye-bisk-us* -- rose-mallow - *ski-zo-pe-TAY-lus* or *shi-zo-PET-uh-lus* -- split petals
[image: Hibisco do Japao]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F505612187%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfEwG_SC_AdyCOTxJXuv8EMpPKcGg> May 10, 2007 at a garden in Mangalore *commonly known as*: Chinese lantern, coral hibiscus, East-African hibiscus, fringed hibiscus, fringed rose-mallow, Japanese hibiscus, Japanese lantern, skeleton hibiscus *Native to*: tropical east Africa; widely cultivated - [image: Japanese Lantern]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F346580725%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf6OkC3syc1-HOCiBkWKgRirFIfGw>... Jan 2, 2007 at office premises, Andheri, Mumbai Regards. Dinesh
