Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Malvaceae | Genus: Urena | Species: Urena lobata Linn. |
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| Synonym | Urena diversifolia Schumach., Urena grandiflora DC. |
Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Caesar weed | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Common Purple Mallow, Aramina, Bur mallow | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Sampakpi | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | The fruits are 8-10-mm globose that break into five fine-barbed |
| Habitat | Occurs in waterways swamps, forest margins and roadsides | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Asia, China, The Indian Sub-continent And South-eastern Asia - American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Louisiana, Puerto Rico | Bark Details | Bark is tough and fibrous, brown on the outside |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | An annual, variable, erect, ascendant under shrub and measuring up to 0.5 to 2.5 m tall. The stems are covered with minute star-like hairs and often tinged purple | Leaf Details | Leave unlobed or angular, base truncate, velvety tomentose on both sides to 6 X 7 cm 7-ribbed at base |
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