Jaba is a beautiful and attractive flower. These flowers are pink, white, red, yellow — various colors. It can be seen everywhere in Bangladesh. Jaba flowers are usually planted in the yard or on the roof of the house as an ornamental plant. This is an evergreen flowering shrub belonging to the genus Malvesi. Origin in East Asia. In 1853, scientist Carolus Linnaeus named it Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. The Latin word ‘rosa-sinensis’ means ‘rose of China’. In Bengali the names are Raktajaba, Jaba, Jaba Kusum.
