Vau (Hibiscus tiliaceus)
Hibiscus tiliaceus
About Vau (Hibiscus tiliaceus)
Vau (Hibiscus tiliaceus) (Hibiscus tiliaceus) is a herb used in the Hawaiian & Polynesian Medicine tradition to help with Wound Healing, Constipation, Fever, and Skin Health. The flowers / calyces are the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Hibiscus tiliaceus is a species of flowering tree in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is native to the Old World tropics. Common names include sea hibiscus, beach hibiscus, coastal (or coast) hibiscus, coastal (or coast) cottonwood, green cottonwood, native hibiscus, native rosella, cottonwood hibiscus, kurrajong, sea rosemallow, balibago (Tagalog),malabago (Cebuano - Southern), maribago (Cebuano - Northern),bhendi (Marathi), waru (Indonesian), hau (Hawaiian), fau (Samoan), purau (Tahitian), and vau tree. The specific epithet, "tiliaceus", refers to its resemblance...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist