1) Medicinal tropical plant 1) Spanish surname 
Urena is a genus of plants which grow in various tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world. Some view the plant as a weed, but others make use of its fiber for various purposes. Extracts from its leaves or roots have broad spectrum antibacterial qualities. The leaves and flowers are also a famine food in Africa. Its seeds are spread by a... Ureña is a surname of Spanish origin. It can refer to: ...
(Urena lobata), plant of the family Malvaceae; its fibre is one of the bast fibre group. The plant, probably of Old World origin, grows wild in ...
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, esp. U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.