Urena
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{About|the plant genus||Ureña (disambiguation){{!}}Ureña}}
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| image = Urena lobata 1.jpg
| image_caption = Urena lobata
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| taxon = Urena
| authority = L.Linnaeus C (1753) Species Plantarum 2: 692.
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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:[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)]
- Urena armitiana {{Au|F.Muell.}}
- Urena australiensis {{Au|Fryxell & Craven}}
- Urena lobata {{Au|L.}} - type species
- Urena pedersenii {{Au|Krapov.}}
- Urena procumbens {{Au|L.}}
- Urena repanda {{Au|Roxb. ex Sm.}}
- Urena rigida {{Au|Wall. ex Mast.}}
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File:Plantae Asiaticae rariores, or, Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants (Tab. 26) BHL449494.jpg|"Urena repanda"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
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