Cadillo Pata de perroUrena Sinuata -MALVACEAE

Urena lobata, malva blanca, cadillo (Dicot.): maleza de países tropicales. Su fibra es amarillenta, más duradera que la del yute. Se usa en la confección de sacos para empacar café en Cuba, Brasil, Madagascar, Congo y Nigeria.

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Urena lobata Linn. CAESAR WEED

Mangkit is a shared common names for (1) Dikit-dikit (Desmodium gangeticum Linn.) and (2) Dalupang (Urena Lobata Linn.) and (3) Tayam (Desmodium heterocarpus Linn) also called

mankit-parang.

Other scientific names  Common names   

Urena sinuata Linn.    Afulut (Gad.)  Kullukullut (Ilk.) 

Urena scabriuscula DC.   Anonongkot (Bik.)  Kulut-kulutan (Tag.) 

Urena multifida Cav.    Bagouan (If.)  Mangkit (Ig.) 

Pavonia rubiformis Turez.   Baranggot (Bik.)  Molopolo (Tag., Pamp.) 

Urena americana Linn.    Batikil (If.)  Palisin (Tag.) 

Urena grandiflora DC.    Dalupang (P. Bis., Tag., Pamp.)  Poot-si-nuang (Is.) 

Urena trilobata Vell.    Daupang (Sul.) Pirikit (Neg.)

Dopong (Sul.)  Saligut (Bon.)

Kolokot (Ting.)  Supang (Sub.)

Kollokollot (Ilk.)  Tapanding (Mag.) 

Kulot (Pang.)  Caesar weed (Engl.)

Kulit (Pang.)  Bur mallow (Engl.)

Kulotan (Tag., Bis.)   

 Botany:· An erect, branched shrub 0.6 to 2.5 m high. Exceedingly variable and more or less hairy. Stem often with reddish branches.· Leaves: pale beneath, ovate to suborbicular, 3 to 9 cm long, heart-shaped at the base, more or less toothed or somewhat lobed or angled, the lobes not exceeding beyond the middle of the leaf and the sinuses being usually broad and acute.· Flowers: pink or purplish, about 1.7 mm in diameter and borne singly in the axil of the leaves, or somewhat in panicles. Petals 5, free above, connate below and adnate to staminal tube; staminal tube truncate or minutely toothed, anthers many, Ovary 5-celled, branches of stigma 10.· Fruits: rounded by flattened and about 7 mm in diameter, with the 5 carpels covered with short, barbed spines.

DistributionIn open places, thickets, etc., at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,600 m.

Parts utilized· Roots, leaves; preferably fresh.· Collect the year round.

PropertiesSweet tasting, slightly cooling.Antirheumatic, antipyretic, stomacic.

UsesFolkloric · Decoction of 30-60 gms of dried roots used for enteritis and dysentery, rheumatic pains, tonsilitis.· Poultice of fresh leaves for snake bites, sprains, and bruises.· In Malaysia, extracts of leaves and roots used to treat abdominal colic, malaria, gonorrhea, fever, wounds, toothaches and rheumatism.· In Malaysia, used for intestinal inflammation and as an emollient.Livestock · In the Congo, part of a herbal concoction used for abdominal inflation associated with schistosomiasis, dysentery and diarrhea. For alopecia, skin lesions and dermatoses, rubbed with the ground leaves of Lantana

camara on the body.Others · A fiber plant, Aramina fiber and Congo jute are produced in Brazil from the Urena lobata.· In Africa, leaves and flowers are eaten as famine food.

Studies • Antioxidant: Effects of Irvingia grandifolia, Urena lobata and Carica papaya on the Oxidative Status of Normal Rabbits: With recognized therapeutic effects, the plants were studied for toxic side-effects. Results showed no evidence of oxidative damage on liver and pancreatic MDA levels on rabbits, and even seemd to provide protection against lipid peroxidation.• Phytochemical / Antioxidant / Antimicrobial: The study of UL leaf extract isolated 3 compounds: kaempferol, quercetin and tiliroside which showed strong antimicrobial activity against E. coli, Bacilus subtilis and Klebsiella pneumonia. The study supports the traditional use of the plant for treatment of infectious diseases.• Antidiarrheal: A study reports the antidiarrheal potential of L dealbata and Urena lobata used in the traditional medicine by the Naga tribes of India. Both plants showed significant inhibitory activity against castor oil-induced diarrhea and PGE2-induced intrafluid accumulation. Both showed significant reduction in gastrointestinal motility with no signs of toxicity. Results help explain it traditional use as an antidiarrheal agent.• Antibacterial: A study of the methanol extract of UL showed a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity. • Immunomodulatory: A study of the methanolic extract of Urena lobata showed plagocytosis and intracellular killing potency of human neutrophils. Study concludes that U lobata possesses immunomodulatory property. • Phytochemical / Imperatorin: Studies have previously yielded mangiferin and quercetin from the aerial parts of the plant. This study isolated imperatorin, a furocoumarin, from the roots.

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AvailabilityWild-crafted.

Last Update Sept 2010

IMAGE SOURCE: (1) Creative Commons Attribution / File:Urena lobata var sinuata W IMG 1353.jpg / J M Garg / 30-08-09 / Wikimedia Commons

Photo © Godofredo Stuart / StuartXchange

Additional Sources and Suggested Readings(1)Effects of Irvingia grandifolia, Urena lobata and Carica papaya on the Oxidative Status of Normal Rabbits / Akhere A. Omonkhua / The Internet Journal of Nutrition and Wellness. 2008 Vol 6 Number 2(2)Studies on antimicrobial, antioxidant and phytochemical analysis of Urena lobata Leave extract / Jour of Physical and Natural Sciences / Vol 1, Issue 2, 2007 /(3)Antidiarrheal Activity of Lithocarpus dealbata and Urena lobata Extracts: Therapeutic Implications / Yadav, Arun K.; Tangpu, Vareishang / Pharmaceutical Biology / Volume 45, Number 3, March 2007 , pp. 223-229(4) Urena lobata L. Caesar weed / MALVACEAE / John K. Francis, Research Forester, U.S. Department of Agriculture(5)Antibacterial activity of Urena lobata root / U K Mazumder, M Gupta et al /Fitoterapia. 01/01/2002; 72(8):927-9(6)Immunomodulatory activity of the methanolic extract of Urena lobata Linn. / Mathappan Rinku et al / The Internet Journal of Pharmacology™ ISSN: 1531-2976(7)A furocoumarin, Imperatorin isolated from Urena lobata L. (Malvaceae) / Keshab Ghosh / Molbank 2004, M382(8)LIVESTOCK DISEASES AND THE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN THE BUSHI AREA, KIVU PROVINCE,

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO / Kusumba Chifundera / African Study Monographs, 19(1): 13-33, May 1998

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Cadillo de Perro

Posibles Nombres Comunes: Familia: MalvaceaeNombre Cientifico: Urena SinuataPosibles Usos: Mordeduras de perros, infecciones del higado