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5006.000 Urena
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:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| lobata L. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
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Flora of Caprivi: UrenaFlora of Malawi: Urena
Flora of Zambia: Urena
Flora of Zimbabwe: Urena
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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): UrenaFlora 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
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