Paka / Caesar Weed
Urena lobata subsp. lobata
Also known as Aramina Fibre, Congo Jute
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Paka
Identify Paka by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Hooked-spine burr fruit.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Malvaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Paka.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Urena lobata subsp. lobata
- Genus
- Urena
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Degraded forests, also in the plains and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Malvaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Paka itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- paka
- Bengali
- বনওকড়া
- Malayalam
- ഊർപ്പണം, ഊർപണം, Urena lobata
- Marathi
- रान तुपकुडा
About Paka
Caesar weed (Urena lobata subsp. lobata) is a low shrub in the Malvaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in degraded forests, also in the plains and semi-Evergreen forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
Paka belongs to the Malvaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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