5006.000 Urena L.

Description of the genus

Suffrutices. Leaves palmately-nerved, entire to 3-5-palmately lobed, with a conspicuous gland at the base of the central vein. Flowers axillary, solitary or fasciculate. Epicalyx bracts 5, connate at the base and adnate to the calyx. Calyx cup-shaped, deeply 5-fid. Petals pink or mauve. Style-branches twice the number of carpels. Fruit composed of 5 indehiscent mericarps, bearing glochidiate spines on the back.

Worldwide: 6 species in tropical and warm regions

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
Botyodes asialis
Urena lobata

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
lobata L.N,Z,T,MS,GI,MDescription, Image

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Flora of Caprivi: Urena
Flora of Malawi: Urena
Flora of Zambia: Urena
Flora of Zimbabwe: Urena

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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Urena
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Urena
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Urena
Wikipedia: Urena
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Urena
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Urena

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Urena.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=940, retrieved 27 March 2023

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