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Urena lobata ssp. lobata
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Family:
MALVACEAE
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Citation: Urena lobata L., Sp. Pl. 692. 1753, ssp. lobata; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 329. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 92(66). 1915 Borss., Blumea 14: 140. 1966; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 91. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 29. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 65. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 79. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 75. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 85. 1990; T.K. Paul in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 380. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 83. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 31. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 18. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 63. 1996; Sivar. & Pradeep, Malvac. Southern Peninsular India 180. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 95. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 40. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 59. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 34. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 39. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 26. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 31. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 102. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 92. 2005; M. Mohanan & A.V.N. Rao in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 440. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 132. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 158. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cheeli, Kuruvachedi, Oorppan, Uthiram, Uram, Vattooram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Aramina Fibre, Congo Jute, Caesarweed
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Description:
Erect branched subshrubs to 2m tall; stems densely stellate-pubescent. Leaves simple to 3 - 5 shawlloly lobed, alternate, 3-10 x 3-9 cm, broadly to narrowly ovate, upper most leaves sometimes lanceolate, 3-5 angular to shallowly lobulate, truncate or cordate at base, margin obscurely crenate-serrate; 5-7-nerved from base, sparsely stellate-pubescent above, densely stellate-pubescent below, with 1-3 elliptic nectaries on principal nerves, lobes generally acute or acuminate, varying in size; petioles 3-8 cm long, stellate-pubescent; stipules up to 4 mm long, linear to subulate. Flowers axillary, usually solitary, sometimes 2 or 3 in a cluster; pedicels 3-8 mm long. Involucral bracts 5, 5-6 x 1.5-2 mm, spathulate, connate at base, clothed with rigid hairs. Calyx 5-9 mm long, campanulate, 5-parted; lobes ovate-elliptic, margins pubescent. Corolla pink with dark center; petals to 15 x 9 mm, obovate with rounded apex, stellate-hairy without. Staminal column 8-10 mm long, pinkish; anthers pale pink. Ovary to 4 mm across, subglobose, stiff-hirsute; Stigmas capitate. Schizocarp 10-12 mm across, globose; mericarps 5, to 8 x 5 mm, trigonous, densely stellate-pubescent, also with many glochidate spines; seeds to 4 mm long, reniform, angular.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
500-1400
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Localities:
Sholayar, Peringalkuth, Kattalappara, Pachankalithode, Thekkady, Methaganam, Aruvikad, Nelluyampathy forests, Karimala, Pathenthode, Plapally, Damsite, Cannanore, Kaikatty, Aroor, Pooyamkutty, Kanjirakadavu, Thenmalai, Kulathupuzha, Ariankavu, Vandalodu,
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