AMBRETTE

Chemical Properties

The plant, originally from eastern India, is now cultivated in several tropical and equatorial countries. The fruits of the cultivated plant, Hibiscus abelmoschus L., contain the flat, kidney-shaped seeds about 4 mm long and 3 mm thick. The seeds are grayish-red but sometimes greenish in color. Although the better quality seeds are said to come from Martinique, seeds are also produced in Angola, Ecuador, China, Indonesia, Madagascar and the Seychelles