Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Burr Mallow
Family: Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Genus: Urena
Botanical name: Urena sinuata
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Sakhee, Kandakeephala
Hindi: Bachita, Gataya, lapetua, Unga
English: Burr Mallow, Caesarweed, Congo jute, Hibiscus burr, Pink burr, Pink Chinese burr, Urena burr
Malayalam: Oorppam, Vattoorppam, uram, Vattooram
Genus: Urena
Botanical name: Urena sinuata
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Sakhee, Kandakeephala
Hindi: Bachita, Gataya, lapetua, Unga
English: Burr Mallow, Caesarweed, Congo jute, Hibiscus burr, Pink burr, Pink Chinese burr, Urena burr
Malayalam: Oorppam, Vattoorppam, uram, Vattooram
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Burr Mallow is shrubby, up to 2 m high. Leaves 2.5-7.5 cm long, more or less stellately hairy, cordate or truncate at the base, irregularly lobed to bellow the middle; lobes 3-5 or more, dialated upwards, with rounded sinuses. Flowers small, clustered in the axils; corolla rose-coloured, 2-2.5 cm diam. Capsules pubescent, covered with blunt spines. 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.
The Whole plant of Burr Mallow is used for kapha, vata, colic, cough, bronchitis, dry cough, asthma, low back pain, arthritis, consumption and general weakness.