Bob Gillespie wrote:

> My wife and I are just getting into edible landscaping and we are
> reading a several books on the subject. ONe of the books I'm reading
> discussed a roselle and how it might be made into jelly, jams, etc. and
> that it taste like a cranberry without the bitterness.

It's just a very very sour mallow (well, hibiscus, but hibiscuses are in
the mallow family, too).
Make a tea and use that in jelly much like you'd use lemon juice.

Henriette

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