naturalizedMalvaceae
Urena lobata
Caesar weed
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Urena lobata, commonly known as Caesarweed or Congo jute, is an annual, variable, erect, ascendant undershrub measuring up to 0.5 meters (1.6 ft) to 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) tall. The stems are covered with minute star-like hairs and often tinged purple. It is widely distributed as a weed in the tropics of both hemispheres including Brazil and Southeast Asia.
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Seasonality
Only 2 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 8 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 21 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 43 · GBIF 30 records
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Haʻikū · KauaʻiiNat 2
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keālia · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 1
Ulumalu · MauiiNat 1
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1
Hāʻena · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kalāheo · KauaʻiGBIF 1