Urena sinuata L. - bur mallow
Urena sinuata L. - bur mallow
MS015 : Urena sinuata L.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 44 |
| Synonym | : | Urena aculeata Mill.;
Urena morifolia DC.;
Urena muricata DC.;
Urena paradoxa Kunth.;
Urena swartzii DC.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | K_ Jaljatang, Burr Mallow, caesarweed, Congo jute, hibiscus burr, pink burr, pink Chinese burr, urena burr • Hindi: bachita, gataya, lapetua, unga • Manipuri: sampakpi • Marathi: van bhendi, jungli-kapashi • Tamil: thuththippuntuvakai, ottuttutti • Malayalam: uram, uren, vatto • Telugu: nalla benda, peddabhenda • Kannada: otte • Bengali: okhra • Oriya: nalu kuro • Konkani: tupkate • Sanskrit: atibala, bala |
| Plant Family | : | Malvaceae |
| Description | : | Erect, woody perennial herb or small shrub, up to 2 m tall, the stems minutely stellate pubescent or glabrate. Leaves are simple, alternate, and broadly ovate, up to 6 cm long, palmately lobed or deeply pinnatifid, the lobes rounded or obtuse, the margin serrate, the upper surface rough and the lower surface grayish. Flowers are small, showy, hibiscus-like, solitary on short stalks in leaf axils, 5 petals, rose or pink, darker at the base, rounded, up to 1.5 cm long; stamens fused into an obvious pink column beneath a 5-lobed style. Fruits are small, barbed, spiny capsules, 6-8 mm in diameter, containing one dark brown seed. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Roots are considered emollient, refrigerant and maturant; used as an external application for lumbago. Leaves are prescribed in inflammation of the intestine and the bladder; decoction is given in colic. Infusion of the flowers is used in bronchitis. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: quercetagetin-6,7-O-dimethylether-3'-alpha-D-gluco-pyranoside;
quercetagetin-6,7-O-dimethylether-4'-alpha-D-glucopyranoside;
quercetagetin-6,7-O-dimethylether-3'-beta-D-glucopyranoside; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew_2449540
- http://www.efloraofgandhinagar.in/herb/urena_sinuata
- https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/119268
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Burr%20Mallow.html
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Urena+sinuata
- http://www.mpbd.info/plants/urena_sinuata.php
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283364268_Flavonoids |
| Reference | : | ~ 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 sinuata L. - bur mallow |