Development and characterisation of new Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cultivar (‘Janaki Ammal’) from India

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. is a well-known traditional, ornamental, and aesthetic plant in India China due to its wide range of coloured cultivars, long history cultivation worship. The flowers hibiscus are locally called Joba / Gudhal, which offered Goddess Kali/Durga Lord Vinayaka West Bengal, India. A new significant cultivar H. ‘Janaki Ammal’ has been developed from the cross breeding rosa- sinensis ‘Yvonne’ (Female pod parent) ‘White Satin’ (Male pollen parent). named as after famous Indian Botanist E. K. Janaki Ammal. Detailed selection, hybridisation characterisation with photographs provided facilitate identification.