This greenhouse study was carried out to determine the impact of drought on plant growth, photosynthetic rate and the recovery of photosynthesis after drought relief. Twenty four Roselle plants were equally divided between the control and the treatment groups, which received 100% and 25% soil saturation respectively. The plants were grown under greenhouse conditions with the temperature averaging 27 ± 2ºC. The treatments were applied with seven cycles of watering until the plants reached the anthesis stage. The drought influence caused a significant reduction in the plant height, flower number, and photosynthetic rate. Re-watering the plants growing under drought to 100% water saturation resulted in complete recovery of photosynthetic rate within forty-eight hours. However, rewatering to 25% showed only 30% recovery in photosynthetic rate after forty-eight hours. Photosynthetic pigments including chlorophyll a, b and carotenoid were not significantly influenced by the drought. Similarly, total phenolic compound concentration of the calyx was insignificant between the treatments. However, Anthocyanin concentration of the calyx was significantly higher under the drought treatment.