Are Kapok and Hibiscus the same plant?

Kapok is a large deciduous tree of the genus Kapok in the family Kapok of the order Malvaceae.

Hibiscus is a shrub of the genus Hibiscus in the family Malvaceae.

So the two are completely different plants.

Similarities

Hibiscus alias: Kapok, Vitex, Morning Glory

It can be seen here that the nicknames kapok and morning glory are just the same name, but the species are actually not the same.

the difference

Hibiscus morphology

Deciduous shrub, 3 to 4 meters tall, with branchlets densely covered with yellow star-shaped hairs.

The flowers are solitary in the leaf axils at the branch ends, with pedicels 4-14 mm long, 6-8 linear bracts , and calyx bell-shaped, 14-20 mm long, with 5 lobes.

The colors include pure white, light pink, light purple, purple-red, etc. The flower shape is bell-shaped, and there are single petals, double petals, and triple petals. The petals are 5-6 cm in diameter, obovate, 3.5-4.5 cm long, sparsely ciliated and stellately pubescent on the outside; the stamen column is about 3 cm long; the style branches are glabrous.

Growth habit

It likes light and humid climate, is cold-resistant, has no strict requirements on soil, and can grow in clay.

Kapok morphology

A large deciduous tree, up to 25 meters tall, with grayish white bark.

Flowers are solitary in the leaf axils of branch tops, usually red, sometimes orange-red, about 10 cm in diameter; calyx is cup-shaped, 2-3 cm long, glabrous on the outside, densely covered with light yellow short silky hairs on the inside, with 3-5 calyx teeth , semicircular .

Growth habit

It likes light and a warm and dry environment. It is not cold-resistant and prefers deep, fertile, well-drained neutral or slightly acidic sandy soil.