Comments on: Rosella Season

By: Teresita

Teresita — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:37:35 +0000

Hi,

I am originally from Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies, we use the flower to make a juice it also makes a very nice Liqueur. In Trinidad & Tobago it is called sorrel

By: hilary mcglew

hilary mcglew — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:13:08 +0000

am i allowed to grow a Rosella plant if so are they easily available

By: m.halim bhuiyan

m.halim bhuiyan — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:47:20 +0000

Hi, i am from bangladesh. i don’t know whare its native, but i know the plant of roselle fruits, this year i am planted thousands of plant in my nursery.
you can use every part of this verity. such : leves as chatny its dry calex you can make tea,which is known as herb tea,sliming tea roselle tea.jamaican tea, egiption tea.you can use its fresh calex for jam,jelly,drinks,hot or cold.it has wide range of medicenal benift. in bangladesh its used as a fiber plant of like jute,its sticks also enifited on fire perpose.

our local name is mesta. sintificnameis: hibiscus sabdariffa. its from malvece.
it is a rainfall plant.wild plant it is. i heard it has an ensiclopidia about 5000 year ago and its from indonesia..
howover its not fact to me whare its native .fact it is till avoiding.plase look the plant i think it will able to meet your requarment as, drinks food colour, tea juice souce jelly jam, fiber, fire p[ower, medicene, etc
its growing is so eassy.

By: beate kiwinda

beate kiwinda — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:41:09 +0000

Hi there, I live in Tanzania and here we use the red leaves to make jam or juice. It is recommendet even by Doctors especially for pregnant women to increase their bloodlevel.
jam: peal of the red leafes, put them in the blender with little water. bring to boil mixed with sugar and fill in jars while hot. closed airtight it can stay outside of the fridge even 3 month.
1 kg of leaves to 1 kg of sugar or less sugar if you are using a jelling agent.
juice: use dried read leaves (100gr. make 7liters),soak in boiling hot water, leave about half hour. Drain first juice through a siff into a jug, return the leaves in the pot and add again water, this time it does not need to bee hot. leave for another hour and drain that juice. mix it with the first lot, add water and sugar to tast.
nice as cold juice or ice lolly for kids. in winter also good as tea.
please send me more nutritional infos if available. thanks

By: philemon aika

philemon aika — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:00:30 +0000

The crop is not part of the customary diet in Africa,but its grown because of its export portentials.it can make impact on povety reduction to the small farmes in the villeges.It can be used as source of income to the poor people.It has no stiff competetion in the world market since it face fewer demand constraints.so please keep on making more research on the crop.

By: Steve Hall

Steve Hall — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:34:16 +0000

Rosellas are not native to Australia. They came to us from India but originated in Africa.

By: Katrina McKay

Katrina McKay — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:52:41 +0000

This is a great image of the Native Rosella fruit. Is it possible for me to get permission to use it for some Indigenous educational material my Department is putting together?
I look forward to your reply,
katrina