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Detailed explanation-1: -In Malaya and Indonesia, the flower petals were used to produce a black dye for shoe polishing, 18 hence hibiscus is also known as shoe flower.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hibiscus, also known as Hibiscus sabdariffa or roselle, is a type of flowering plant native to India and Malaysia ( 1 ). There are hundreds of types of hibiscus, including herbs, shrubs, and trees.

Detailed explanation-3: -The shoe flower or hibiscus belongs to the family of the Malvaceae. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is a bushy, evergreen small tree, with glossy leaves and single, bright red flowers in summer and fall, rising 2.55 m high and 1.53 m tall. The 5-petaled flowers with conspicuous orange-tipped red anthers are 10 cm in diameter.

Detailed explanation-4: -hibiscus, (genus Hibiscus), genus of numerous species of herbs, shrubs, and trees in the mallow family (Malvaceae) that are native to warm temperate and tropical regions. Several are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy flowers, and a number are useful as fibre plants.