- Family : MALVACEAE
(Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Urena lobata subsp. sinuata (L.) Borss.Waalk.
- Common name : Common Purple Mallow
- Vernacular name :
- Pedda benda (Telugu)
- Kunguya, Lobloli, Lot lotti, Kunjuya (Hindi)
- Nela benda, Piliya mankena (Telugu)
- Uttuttuti (Tamil)
- Uthiram, Uram (Malayalam)
- Habit : Undershrub
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Weed of roadsides.
- Flower, Fruit : July-December
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Udupi district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Amravati district, Ahmednagar district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Thane district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Lakshadweep Islands, Leeward Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Nansei-sh
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Pantropical
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.1. Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2025). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Urena lobata subsp. sinuata. Downloaded on 4 June 2025.
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