Description: Hibiscus or Jasud (G.) is commonly used in Portugal as an ornamental plant. Its flowers are also used in cooking and traditional medicine. The Hindu community uses the flowers and leaves of the Jasud (G.) in religious ceremonies known as pujas, namely as offerings to the gods Ganesh and Kali. The Puja is a religious ceremony honoring the deity, which includes offerings and services performed on various occasions such as births, weddings, protection of the house or the opening of a business. (*)
Provided by: Mohanlal Premgi e Usha Govind Harji Nathoo, both Portuguese. The former was born in India and the latter was born in Kenya.
Present Location: Vitoria Gardens Collection
Last revision date: March 2016
(I) Numbering in accordance with the archive of trees and plants identified in the Quinta da Vitoria 2012 and 2013.
(II) Mabberley, David J. Mabberley´s Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classifications and Uses. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
(*)Testimonies of residents gathered in a set of recorded conversations in the neighborhood of Quinta da Vitória and after its demolition, recorded in Lisbon, Loures and London between July 2012 and October 2014.
(G.) Word in Gujarat language
