Urena
Genus of flowering plants
title: "Urena" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hibisceae", "malvaceae-genera"] description: "Genus of flowering plants" topic_path: "general/hibisceae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urena" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of flowering plants ::
::callout[type=note] the plant genus ::
| image = Urena lobata 1.jpg | image_caption = Urena lobata | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Urena | authority = L. | synonyms =
Urena is the genus of plants, which grow in various tropical and subtropical areas worldwide, although several species are Asian in origin. Some view Urena lobata as a weed, but others make use of its fibre for various purposes. The leaves and flowers are also a famine food in Africa. Its seeds are spread by animals. Fibres obtained from it are used for making coffee sacks in Brazil.
Species
Plants of the World Online currently includes:
- Urena armitiana
- Urena australiensis
- Urena lobata - type species
- Urena pedersenii
- Urena procumbens
- Urena repanda
- Urena rigida
Gallery
File:Urena lobata in Narshapur forest, AP W IMG 0798.jpg|Urena lobata var. sinuata in Narsapur, Medak district, India. File:Urena lobata in Narshapur forest, AP W IMG 0796.jpg|Urena lobata var. sinuata in Narsapur, Medak district, India. File:Plantae Asiaticae rariores, or, Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants (Tab. 26) BHL449494.jpg|"Urena repanda" File:Urena rigida 3.jpg|Urena rigida
References
References
- Linnaeus C (1753) ''Species Plantarum'' 2: 692.
- [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A30015905-2 Plants of the World Online: ''Urena'' Dill. ex L. (retrieved 21 December 2023)]
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