Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:692. 1753
Verified:
03/31/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
aramina-plant – bur-mallow – Caesarweed – Congo-jute – pipiri – urena-weed – French
cousin urène – German
Kongojute – India
paka – Portuguese
guaxima – uaicima – Portuguese (Brazil)
aguaxima – carrapicho-de-lavadeira – carrapicho-redondo – embira – guaxima-rósea – malvaísco – malva-de-embira – malva-rósea – Spanish
aramina – cadillo – malva blanca – Swedish
aramina – Transcribed Chinese
di tao hua –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Anhui | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guizhou | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hubei | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hunan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangsu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangxi | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xizang | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Zhejiang | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Brunei Darussalam | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | New Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Belize | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Chad | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Gambia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Liberia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Central African Republic | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Congo | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Rwanda | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Guam | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Northern Mariana Islands | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Palau | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | Cook Islands | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | Gambier Islands | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | Marquesas Islands | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | Society Islands | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Samoa | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Tonga | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Galapagos Islands | |
| 6 | Other | | | | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
New Guinea, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Philippines
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.)
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Paraguay
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Rwanda, Zaire
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Reunion
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Cook Islands, French Polynesia [Gambier Islands, Marquesas Islands, Society Islands]
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Samoa
Southern America
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador [Galapagos Islands]
Other
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Materials | essential oils | | Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 19:153. |
| Materials | fiber | | Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997 |
| Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40900.
Accessed 8 November 2024.