The plant is considered to have antihypertensive properties. The fibre may be used in folk medicine as a diuretic and mild laxative. The red calyces of the plant are used as food colourings. it is perhaps the most widely eaten and popular vegetable. Roselle calyces are produced pro-health drink due to high contents of vitamin C and anthocyanins. in Thailand roselle is generally drunk as a cool drink but also as a tea believed to also reduce cholesterol. it can also be made into a wine or rosella jam with rosella buds and sugar.