玫瑰茄(Hibiscus sabdariffa ginn)又名苏丹红、山茄。国外常见俗名有 Roselle、Karkade、Sorrel 等。系锦葵科木槿属一年生直立草本植物,原产非洲,广泛分布于世界各热带、业热带地区。约在1940—1945年间引入我国福建省,以后逐渐开始在广东、广西、台湾及云南等省引种,近年来我省婺源等地也已有生产性栽培。 Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa ginn) is also known as Sultan red, Mountain eggplant. Common names abroad include Roselle, Karkade, and Sorrel. It is an annual upright herb of Malvaceae, native to Africa and widely distributed in tropical and tropical regions of the world. It was introduced to China’s Fujian Province from about 1940 to 1945 and gradually introduced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan and Yunnan provinces. In recent years, Wuyuan and other places in our province have also been cultivated productively.