Pentapetes phoenicea, commonly known as the midday flower or scarlet mallow, is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae family.
Etymology: The name “Pentapetes” comes from the Greek words “penta” (five) and “petalon” (petal), referring to the flower’s five petals.
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The plant grows around 4–6 ft in height and the branches are long and spreading. Leaves are 6–10 cm in length, toothed at the margins, usually having a broad base and tapering to a pointed tip. Flowers are born in the axils of the leaves with 5 large deep red colored petals. The fruit is a 5-valved, rounded, hairy capsule, about 1 centimetre in diameter. The seeds, which are not winged, occur 8–12 in two series in each cell.
The flower is native to a wide region of tropical South Asia from Ceylon and India to northern Australia and the Philippines.
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