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Magnoliopsida
Urena L.
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Suffrutices. Leaves palmately-nerved, entire to 3-5-palmately lobed, with a conspicuous gland at the base of the central vein. Flowers axillary, solitary or fasciculate. Epicalyx bracts 5, connate at the base and adnate to the calyx. Calyx cup-shaped, deeply 5-fid. Petals pink or mauve. Style-branches twice the number of carpels. Fruit composed of 5 indehiscent mericarps, bearing glochidiate spines on the back.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:31
Specimens with Sequences:44
Specimens with Barcodes:38
Species:2
Species With Barcodes:2
Public Records:18
Public Species:2
Public BINs:0
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 4
Species With Barcodes: 1
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- See also Ureña for people with this surname.
Urena is a genus of plants which grow in various tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world. Some view the plant as a weed, but others make use of its fiber for various purposes. Extracts from its leaves or roots have broad spectrum antibacterial qualities. The leaves and flowers are also a famine food in Africa.
Its seeds are spread by animals. Roots and bark are used as cure for hydrophobia. Fibres obtained from it are used for making coffee sacks in Brazil.
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Urena lobata var. sinuata in Narsapur, Medak district, India.
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Urena lobata var. sinuata in Narsapur, Medak district, India.
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Urena lobata var. sinuata in Narsapur, Medak district, India.
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