Urena lobata L. - Caesarweed
Urena lobata L. - Caesarweed
Urena lobata L. - Caesarweed
Urena lobata L. - Caesarweed
MS014 : Urena lobata L.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 43 |
| Synonym | : | Malachra urena DC.;
Urena lobata var. sinuata (L.) Borss. Waalk.;
Urena lobata var. sinuata (L.) Miq.;
Urena lobata subsp. sinuata (L.) Borss. Waalk.;
Urena aculeata Mill.;
Urena blumei Hassk.;
Urena cana Wall.;
Urena diversifolia Schumach.;
Urena grandiflora (Moc. & Sesse) ex DC.;
Urena haenkeana Walp.;
Urena heteromorpha Montr.;
Urena heterophylla Presl.;
Urena lobata var. henryi S.Y. Hu.;
Urena lobata var. rhombifolia A. Gray.;
Urena lobata var. tomentosa (Bl.) Walp.;
Urena lobata var. yunnanensis S.Y. Hu.;
Urena loureirii Meissn. ex Steud.;
Urena mauritiana Sieber ex Colla.;
Urena microcarpa DC.;
Urena monopetala Lour.;
Urena obtusata Guill. & Perr.;
Urena phyllomorpha Steud.;
Urena polyflora Lour.;
Urena repanda Bl.;
Urena ribesia Sm.;
Urena sieberi Colla.;
Urena swartzii DC.;
Urena tomentosa Bl.;
Urena trilobata Vell.;
Urena virgata Guill. & Perr.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | K-Jaljatang, Caesarweed • Hindi: Bachita, Unga, Lapetua • Manipuri: Sampakpi • Marathi: Vanbhendi • Tamil: Ottatti • Telugu: Nalla Benda, Pedda Benda • Kannada: Otte • Nepali: Naalukuro, Bherejhaar, Bariyaar, Dalle Kuro, Katahare Kuro |
| Plant Family | : | Malvaceae |
| Description | : | Subshrublike herbs, erect, Branchlets stellate tomentose. Stipules filiform, ca. 2 mm, caducous; petiole 1-4 cm, gray-white stellate; leaf blades on proximal part of stem nearly orbicular, 4-5 × 5-6 cm, base rounded or nearly cordate, margin serrate, apex 3-lobed, blades on middle part of stem ovate, 5-7 × 3-6.5 cm, those on distal part of stem oblong to lanceolate, 4-7 × 1.5-3 cm, abaxially gray stellate puberulent, adaxially puberulent. Flowers solitary or slightly aggregated, axillary. Pedicel ca. 3 mm, woolly. Epicalyx lobes connate for ca. 1/3 length, ca. 6 mm, puberulent. Calyx cup-shaped, lobes 5, slightly shorter than bracteoles, stellate puberulent, caducous. Corolla reddish, ca. 15 mm in diam.; petals 5, obovate, ca. 1.5 cm, abaxially stellate puberulent. Staminal column ca. 15 mm, glabrous. Style branches 10, hirsute. Fruit flattened globose, ca. 1 cm in diam.; mericarps stellate puberulent and spiny with hooked spines. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On mud flats along stream and river banks |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant is used as a diuretic, febrifuge, and for treatment of rheumatism, malaria, gonorrhea, wound, and toothache. A paste of the fruit is used to treat Diarrhea. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: linoleic acid; palmitic acid; oleic acid; cyclopropenoid acid; malvalic acid; sterculic acid;
ceplignan-4-O-beta-d-glucoside; urenoside A; furocoumarin; imperatorin; quercetin; kaempferol; rutin; afzelin; astragalin; tiliroside; crenuloside; kaempferol glycosides; syringic acid; glucosyringic acid; salicylic acid; protocatechuic acid; caffeic acid; diisobutyl phthalate; Imperatorin; furano-coumarin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (6): Quercetin; Rutin; Kaempferol; Tiliroside; Palmitic acid; Caffeic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231425
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Caesarweed.html
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21061218
- https://www.prota4u.org/database/protav8.asp?g=pe&p=Urena+lobata+L. |
| Reference | : | ~ J. Lenin Bapuji and S. Venkat Ratnam; "Traditional Uses of Some Medicinal Plants by tribals of Gangaraju Madugula
Mandal of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh"; Ethnobotanical Leaflets (2009); 13: 388-98 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Dilleniidae |
| Order | : Malvales |
| Family | : Malvaceae - Mallow family |
| Genus | : Urena L. - urena |
| Species | : Urena lobata L. - Caesarweed |