| Common Name : | Hairy Okra. |
| Botanical Name : | Hibiscus abelmoschus |
| Family : | Malvaceae |
| Bangla Name : | Kalo kosturi. |
| Photo Taken : | Bangladesh |
In 2009, during our tour at Bandarban we have found this flower. It is almost identical to the Okra flower. Only difference is, okra is a shrubby plant and this one is a herb. Right now I have only the images of the flower, and you can see the leafs around the flower are not belong to that plant. That was another weed around the flower. So it is hard to identify the flower accurately.
Possibly this weed plant is Hibiscus cancellatus or Pavonia cancellata. For either cases, this plant belongs to the plant family Malvaceae. This is an annual herbaceous plant and can grow in spite of being thwarted by other weeds from the proximity.
Flower buds are marked with red circle.
Flower has five light yellow petals and its a single day flower. Blooms at morning, and starts demising by the progressing of the day light.
Updated: 16 November 2011:
Recently I have found that an expert Botanist is identified this flower as 'Kalo Kosturee' (কালো কস্তুরী) and botanical name is Hibiscus abelmoschus.
This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog http://icflora.blogspot.com/
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