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Hibiscus Sabdariffa

Also Known As : Roselle
Can Eat 0

Vegetarian

Usage Tips

  1. Fleshy flower calyces can used fresh in salad and for preparing herbal teas, puddings, chutneys, pickles, cakes, marmalades, ices, ice cream, sherbets, jellies, butter, pies, tarts and sauces.
  2. Calyces(the cup-shaped centers of the flowers) can also be used for food coloring to add red color to food and beverages. Its leaves can be used as a main ingredient for preparing chin baung kyaw curry in Myanmar.
  3. The young leaves and stems can be consumed raw or cooked in salads and can also be used as a seasoning in curries.

Common names and forms

  1. Hibiscus Sabdariffa Fl. Powder

Description

Hibiscus Sabdariffa is an attractive annual or perennial herb , a species of Hibiscus in the family Malvaceae, native to West Africa. It is a woody-based subshrub that grows 2–2.5 m tall. All its parts are edible including leaves, flowers and fruits. The leaves are alternate, green in color with reddish veins and long or short petioles. The flowers are axillary, predominantly yellow and red, epicalyx of about 12 reddish bracts and connate at base. The fruit is 5-valved, non-fleshy, 18–20 mm long by 15–18 mm wide. It looks like a bright red ovoid capsule. The fruit is ready to pick about 3 weeks after flowering. It is popular for its edible leaves and fleshy red fruit calyces.

Health benefits

  • Hibiscus Sabdariffa is a good source of calcium that helps to protect teeth by keeping the jaw bone strong and sturdy.(1)
  • It is rich in iron and thus beneficial in pregnancy for both fetus and mother to produce extra blood (hemoglobin) in body. (1)
  • It contains vitamin C that helps to boost immune system and protects against colds and coughs.(1)
  • Magnesium present in it has laxative property that help to relax the intestinal muscles and provide relief from constipation.(1)

Note

(1) https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/roselle/

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