Urena sinuata

• Botanical Name : Urena sinuata L.
• Plant Family : Malvaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park

About Urena sinuata Plant :

• Habit : An erect undershrub, with stems and branches with hooked hairs.
• Leaves :
  • Pinnate, 3-9 foliolate, stiff, upto 30 cm long.
  • Leaflets linear oblong, the midrib and neighbouring parts white or pale yellowish on the upper side, green beneath, glabrous above, pubescent beneath.
• Flowers :
  • Flowers in close fascicles on the axis of terminal or axillary racemes, which are 10-40 cm long.
  • Calyx 4-5 mm long, corolla 6-8 mm long, purple.
• Fruits : Pods 3-6 jointed, the joints folded on one another.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : During the monsoon.
• Significance :
  • The fruit is used in the treatment of sore mouths of children.
  • The juice of the root is used as an aphrodisiac.
  • The powdered leaves are used against gonorrhea.