Urena lobata subsp. lobata L.

 
  • Family : MALVACEAE
    (Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Urena lobata L.
  • Common name : Caesar weed, Aramina Fibre, Congo Jute
  • Vernacular name :
    • Ottatti (Tamil)
    • Bachita, Unga, Lapetva, Pithia (Hindi)
    • Doddabende, Kadututti (Kannada)
    • Pedda benda (Telugu)
    • Chikimiammanji, Rakta pheni, Bilokapasira (Oria)
    • Cheli, Kuruvachedi, Oorppan, Uthiram, Uram, Vattooram (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Degraded forests, also in the plains and Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Common on hills up to 1400m by arable lands, waysides and also in wastelands
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & Navendu Page
  • Collection Date : 27/02/2016
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-329
  • Collection Locality : Barbera forest, Khurda district (OD)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Krishna district, Guntur district, Prakasam district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Amravati district, Bhandara district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
    • Uttarakhand : Nainital district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang district, Dibang Valley district, West Kameng district, East Kameng district, Siang district, Subansiri district, Tirap district
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Andaman Island, Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Island, Cayman Island, Central African Repu, Central American Pac, Chad, China, Christmas I., Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Island, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Island, Laos, Leeward Island, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nicobar Island, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Island, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 246
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Urena lobata subsp. lobata. Downloaded on 5 May 2024.

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