Name: Portia Tree, Cork-tree, Seaside mahoe, Spanish cork (EN); Alamo, Higuilla, Majagua de Florida, Majagua de la Florida, Alamo, Majaguilla, Higuillo (Cuba), Duartiana, Alamo, Alamo blanco (Dominican Republic), Feuilles d´Haiti, Grand mahaut, Grand mahot, Gros mahaut, Mortel debout (Haiti), Seaside mahoe (Jamaica), Anodyne, Bendy-tree, Catalpa, Catappa, Calfata, Cork tree, Emajaguilla, Head-ache tree, John bull tree, Mahot bord deer, Maho bod lanme, Palo de jaqueca, Santa Maria, Seaside mahoe, Spanish cork (Lesser Antilles), Carana, Clamor, Emajagua, Emajaguilla, Jaqueca, Majaguilla, Palo de jaqueca, Santa Maria (Puerto Rico), Cork tree, Heiteheite (Virgin Isl.)
Distribution: Cape Verde Isl. (Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Fogo Isl.); Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Sudan; Eritrea; E-Kenya; Mozambique; St. Helena [c]; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); Mauritius (incl. Cargados Carajos Isl.); La Réunion; Rodrigues; Aldabra (Aldabra Isl., Cosmoledo Isl., Astove Isl.); Seychelles (incl. Remire Isl.); Iran (S-Iran); Oman (Mascat & Oman); Yemen (SW-Yemen); China (Guangdong, Hainan); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Pakistan; India (widespread); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; South China Sea Isl.; peninsular Malaysia (all coasts); Singapore; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; Cocos [Keeling] Isl.; New Guinea (Mapia Atoll, Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; Australia (Queensland); New Caledonia; Rotuma Isl.; Vanuatu; Tonga (Late Isl., Tongatapu, ´Eua, Lifuka, Vava´u, Tafahi); Niue; Fiji; Wallis & Futuna (Alofi Isl., Futuna Isl., ´Uvea Isl. and islets [Wallis]); American Samoa (Tutuila, Aunu´u, Ofu, Olosega, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa (Aleipata Islands, Savai´i, ´Upolu); Gilbert Isl. (Butaritari, Tabiteuea); S-Line Isl. (Caroline Atoll); Cook Isl. (Rarotonga, Mangaia, Aitutaki, Ngaputoru Group); Marquesas Isl. (Hatutaa, Eiao, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou, Hiva Oa, Tahuata, Mohotani, Fatu Hiva); Society Isl. (Tahiti, Bora Bora, Maupiti, Raiatea, Tetiaroa Atoll, Tupai); Gambier Isl. (Mangareva); Tuamotu Arch. (Makatea Isl., Rangiroa Atoll, Takapoto Atoll, etc.); Austral Isl. (Rurutu, Raivavae, Tubuai); Pitcairn Isl.; Henderson Isl.; Palau (Babeldaob, Sonsorol); Northern Marianas (Pagan, Alamagan, Sarigan, Saipan, Tinian, Rota); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Lamotrek, Nomwin, Truk, Moen, Dublon, Tol, Eten, Udot, Piis, Lukunor, Satawan, Namoluk, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi, Ant, Pohnpei, Mokil, Pingelap, Kosrae); Marshall Isl. (Kwajalein, Jaluit); Wake Isl.; Hawaii (Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.); USA [I] (Florida [I]); Bermuda; Mexico (Chiapas, Campeche, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; Saba; St. Eustatius; St. Kitts; Antigua; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia; Isla Margarita; Venezuela; Guyana; Surinam; Bolivia
21 CVI 22 BEN GAM GHA GUI NGA SEN TOG 23 CMN 24 ERI SUD 25 KEN 26 MOZ 28 sth 29 ALD COM MAU REU ROD SEY 34 IRN 35 OMA YEM 36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 40 BAN IND LDV MDV PAK SRL 41 AND CBD MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR CKI JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SCS SNG SUL 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 60 ASA FIJ GIL NUE NWC ROT SAM TON VAN WAL 61 AUI COO GBI HEN LIN MRQ PIT SCI TUA 62 GUM MIC MRN MRS PLU WAK 63 HAW 78 usa 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA AGU ARU BAH BBD BER BON CAY CUB CUR DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE SAB SBA STE STK STL STM STV TCI TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL
Remarks: probably native in the Old World, only introduced in the New World
Synonyms: hidden
= Bupariti altissima (Spreng.) Rothm.; Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 53: 7 (1944)
= Bupariti populnea (L.) Rothm.; Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 53: 6 (1944)
= Hibiscus bacciferus G.Forst.; Fl. Ins. Austr. 48 (1786)
= Hibiscus blumei Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 69 (1891)
= Hibiscus litoreus J.Presl; Nowoceská Bibl. [Wseobecný Rostl.]: 1: 140 (1846)
= Hibiscus macrophyllus (Blume) Oken; Allg. Naturgesch. 3(2): 1223 (1841), nom. illeg.
= Hibiscus populifolius Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 383 (1796), nom. superfl.
= Hibiscus populneus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 694 (1753)
= Malvaviscus populneus (L.) Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 253 (1791)
= Parita populneus (L.) Scop.; Intr. Hist. Nat. 282 (1777)
= Thespesia altissima Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2), Cur. Post.: 257 (1827)
= Thespesia macrophylla Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 73 (1825)
= Thespesia populnea var. bynoeana Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 965 (1928)
= Thespesia populnea var. macrocarpa Pierre; Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 3: t. 173A (1888)
= Thespesia populnea var. rheedei Pierre; Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 3: t. 173 (1888)