Malvaceae week :: Urena sinuata

[Dinesh Valke]

Urena sinuata L.

• ur-REE-nuh -- from Indian (Malabar) name uren for plants of this genus
  sin-yoo-AY-tuh or sin-yoo-AH-tuh -- with a wavy margin

Oct 14, 2007 at Kharghar Hills, Navi Mumbai


commonly known as: burr mallow, caesarweed, Congo jute, hibiscus burr, pink burr, pink Chinese burr, urena burr • Bengali: okhra • Hindi: bachita, gataya, लपेटवां lapetua, unga • Kannada: ಒತ್ತೆ otte (unsure of this name) • Konkani: tupkate • Malayalam: ഒട്ടൊട്ടി ottotti, ഊരകം urakam, ഉറം uram • Manipuri: সমপাকপী sampakpi • Marathi: वन भेंडी van bhendi, जंगलीकापशी junglikapashi • Nepalese: नालु कुरों nalu kuro • Sanskrit: अतिबल atibala, बल bala • Tamil: துத்திப்பூண்டுவகை thuththippuntuvakai, ஒட்டுத்துத்தி ottuttutti • Telugu: నల్ల బెండ nalla benda, పెడ్డబెండ peddabhenda

Distribution: pantropical; probably of Asiatic origin

• ... Sep 30, 2007 at Nagla block of Sanjay Gandhi National Park
• ... Sep 12, 2009 at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
• ... more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Urenasinuata&m=tags

Regards.
Dinesh

[Balkar Arya]

Two pictures of mine also

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
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[surajitkoley]

Dinesh Ji,

Attaching a screenshot for the Bengali name of this plant. Also a link of Bengal Plants - http://ia700605.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237401&itemPath=%2F1%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237401&server=ia700605.us.archive.org&page=n267_w1150.jpg

Thank you & Regards,

surajit

[Dinesh Valke]

Surajit ji, immense thanks once again for these authentic references and valid name for this plant. Will make the relevant change in my notes very soon. I will certainly make use of the archived Bengal Plants volumes for getting to authentic names. Thanks for scanning efforts too.

Regards.
Dinesh

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