Habelmoschus manihot

now, who would want to eat these beauties...?

 

Nice Mira, if you don't want to eat the flowers you can use the leaves for thickening soup or the bark is said to be emmenagogue. A paste of the bark is used to treat wounds and cuts, with new paste being applied every 2 - 3 days for about 3 weeks. In Nepal the root juice is warmed and applied to sprains. The juice of the flowers is used to treat chronic bronchitis and toothache so a all round pretty handy perennial.

 

and here, I found out a special drink...




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