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Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Hibiscus that is native to Africa, most likely West Africa. In the 16th and early 17th centuries it was spread to Asia and the West Indies, where it has since become naturalized in many places. [ 1 ]
Hibiscus tea is a herbal tea made as an infusion from crimson or deep magenta-colored calyces of the roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) flower. It is consumed both hot and cold and has a tart, cranberry -like flavor.
In Jamaica, Trinidad and many other islands in the Caribbean, the drink is known as sorrel (Hibiscus sabdariffa; not to be confused with Rumex acetosa, a species sharing the common name sorrel). In Ghana, the drink is known as soobolo in one of the local languages.
Roselle juice, known as bissap, wonjo, foléré, dabileni, tsobo, zobo, siiloo, or soborodo in parts of Africa, [1] karkade in Egypt, sorrel in the Caribbean, and agua de Jamaica in Mexico, is a drink made out of the flowers of the roselle plant, a species of Hibiscus.
Dried flowers of the flor de Jamaica plant, used to make agua de Jamaica, or Jamaica iced tea. Jamaica iced tea is a popular herbal tea made of the flowers and leaves of the Jamaican hibiscus plant (Hibiscus sabdariffa), known as flor de Jamaica in Mexico. It is served cold and quite sweet with a lot of ice.
Roselle (plant) (Hibiscus sabdariffa), known as Jamaican sorrel, and in the Caribbean simply as "sorrel" Rumex, genus of plants containing species known as sorrels, particularly: Rumex acetosella, sheep's sorrel; Rumex scutatus, French sorrel; Sourwood or sorrel tree (Oxydendrum arboreum), a tree native to North America
Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis is a bushy, evergreen shrub or small tree growing 2.5–5 m (8–16 ft) tall and 1.5–3 m (5–10 ft) wide. The plant has a branched taproot.Its stem is aerial, erect, green, cylindrical, and branched.
Contrary to similar species, such as the Hibiscus sabdariffa (commonly used to make the beverage jamaica), the calyx (or sepals) of H. acetosella is non-fleshy and not eaten. [7] In Angola, a tea made from the leaves of cranberry hibiscus is used as a post-fever tonic and to treat anemia. [2]