Malvaceae
Urena
Urena lobata

Urena lobata subsp. sinuata (L.) Borss.Waalk.

First published in Blumea 14: 142 (1966)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is SE. Kenya to NE. Tanzania and Tropical & Subtropical Asia, Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
An erect, branched herb up to 1 m tall; leaves 2–9 cm long, the blade rounded- or ovate- angulate in outline, more or less deeply lobed, in larger leaves the lobes narrowed downward forming rounded bays between them
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Epicalyx
Epicalyx 4–4.5 mm long in flower, slightly lengthening in fruit, stellate-pubescent; calyx nearly as long as the epicalyx; petals ca. 1.5 cm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
Ripe carpels ca. 5 mm long, puberulous and covered with spines, the spines each bearing 2–4 retrorse barbs at the tip.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. A pantropical weed
Ecology
A pantropical weed, readily spread by its adherent spiny carpels.
[Cayman]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 40 - 600 m.; Amazonia, Orinoquia, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Subarbusto
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Orinoquia. Elevation range: 40–600 m a.s.l. Endemic to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Caquetá, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, Santander.
Habit
Subshrub.
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
azotacaballo, cadillo de perro, pata de perro
[UNAL]

Uses

Use
This species intergrades in many regions, presumably by hybridisation with Urena lobata L., but the latter has not been found in the Cayman Islands. Both species yield a strong fibre that can be used as a substitute for flax.
[Cayman]

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0