kingdom: Plantae >
subkingdom: Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown >
phylum: Tracheophyta >
class: Magnoliopsida >
order: Malvales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl >
family: Malvaceae Juss. >
subfamily: Malvoideae Burnett >
genus: Urena L. >
species: Urena lobata L. >
China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan); Japan; India (almost throughout, except temperate Himalayas); Bangladesh