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Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.

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Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymBartramia angulata Lam.
synonymBartramia crispifolia Stokes
synonymBartramia glandulosa Lam.
synonymBartramia indica L.
synonymBartramia lappago Gaertn.
synonymBartramia rhombifolia Stokes
synonymTriumfetta angulata Lam.
synonymTriumfetta bartramia L.
synonymTriumfetta canacorum Gand.
synonymTriumfetta dembianensis Chiov.
synonymTriumfetta diversifolia E. Mey.
synonymTriumfetta eriocarpa A. St.-Hil.
synonymTriumfetta excisa Urban
synonymTriumfetta glandulosa Forssk.
synonymTriumfetta indica Lam.
synonymTriumfetta lappula Vell.
synonymTriumfetta martiana Turcz.
synonymTriumfetta mauritiana Presl
synonymTriumfetta micropetala Lindl.
synonymTriumfetta mollis Schumach.
synonymTriumfetta rhombeifolia Sw.
synonymTriumfetta rhomboidea var. angulata (Lam.) Bak.
synonymTriumfetta rhomboidea var. glandulosa (Lam.) Bak.
synonymTriumfetta riparia Hochst.
synonymTriumfetta semitriloba Bojer
synonymTriumfetta thonningiana DC.
synonymTriumfetta trilocularis Roxb.
synonymTriumfetta tungarensis K.V. Billore
synonymTriumfetta vahlii Poir.
synonymTriumfetta velutina Sieber ex Presl
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Agra
  • Akra
  • Horu-agra
English
  • Burbush
  • Burweed
  • Common Burbush
Hindi
  • Chiki
Malayalam
  • Oorpam
  • Ottukayal
Other
  • Agra (Assamese)
  • Bankathuthara (Telugu)
  • Bon Okhra (Bengali)
  • Burr Bush
  • Chiki Flowers
  • Chinese Burr
  • Chiriyari (Hindi)
  • Common Burbush
  • Diamond Burbark
  • Hibiscus Burr
  • Kadu Bende (Kannada)
  • Karottai
  • Oorpam
  • Ottu Pullu (Tamil)
  • थिनझिरा Thinjhira (Marathi)
Tamil
  • Ottarai
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Shrub
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Erect, much-branched undershrubs; stem hairy, stellate hairs mixed with simple hairs. Leaves 2.5-7 x 2.5-6 cm, generally rhomboid-ovate, base rounded or cordate, margins irregularly serrate, apex acute or acuminate, stellate-pubescent to glabrescent; basal ones palmately 3-lobed; petioles up to 4 cm long; stipules 3-4 mm long, subulate. Flowers in terminal or leaf-opposed cymes, 5-6 mm across, shortly pedicellate. Sepals 4-5 mm long, lanceolate, hairy without. Petals yellow, 4-5 mm long, oblong-obovate. Stamens 8-15. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long, ovoid, setose. Capsules 4-5 mm across, subglobose, stellate hairy outside, setose; setae c. 2 mm long, hooked at tip.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        Habit: Erect shrub
        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: August-January
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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            Morphology

            Growth Form

            Herb
            Herb
            Flower

            In axillary or leaf-opposed cymes, yellow. Flowering peak from September-November.

            Fruit

            A capsule, globose, stellate-tomentose, recurved prickles. Seeds 10. Fruiting throughout the year.

            Leaf Apices

            Acute

            Leaf arrangement

            Alternate

            Leaf Bases

            Cuneate

            Leaf Shapes

            Elliptic

            Leaf Types

            Simple

            Habit

            An annual herb.

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              Miscellaneous Details
              Notes: Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests
              G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                Mammals disperse the bristly seeds which stick to their fur.
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                  📚 Habitat and Distribution
                  General Habitat
                  Waste places
                  Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                    Degraded deciduous forests, also in the plains
                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                      Common by fallow lands. Plains from the coast to 1400m. Widely distributed. Pantropical.
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                        Description
                        Global Distribution

                        India: Assam, Bihar, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Punjab

                        Indian Distribution

                        Bongaigaon, Eastern Assam

                        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                          Maharashtra: Common throughout Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore
                          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                            Global Distribution

                            Pantropical

                            Indian distribution

                            State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                              📚 Occurrence
                              No Data
                              📚 Uses and Management
                              Uses

                              System of Medicines Used In

                              Ayurveda
                              Ayurveda
                              Folk medicine
                              Folk medicine
                              Siddha
                              Siddha
                              Medicinal
                              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                                Fodder plant.
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                                  System Of Medicines Used In

                                  Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha

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                                    📚 Information Listing
                                    References
                                    1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Fischer, 1921, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D,1984, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
                                    1. Triumfetta tungarensis Billore, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 621. 1982.
                                    2. Triumfetta angulata Lam., Encycl. 3: 421. 1789.
                                    3. Triumfetta trilocularis Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 462. 1832.
                                    4. Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 22. 1760; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 395. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 120(86). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 52. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 98. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 85. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 35. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 72. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 86. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 89. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 95. 1990; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 520. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 92. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 44. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 73. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 46. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 111. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 41. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 29. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 38. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 118. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 101. 2005; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 497. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 144. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 172. 2009.
                                    1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2136
                                    Information Listing > References
                                    1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Fischer, 1921, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D,1984, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
                                    2. Triumfetta tungarensis Billore, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 621. 1982.
                                    3. Triumfetta angulata Lam., Encycl. 3: 421. 1789.
                                    4. Triumfetta trilocularis Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 462. 1832.
                                    5. Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 22. 1760; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 395. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 120(86). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 52. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 98. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 85. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 35. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 72. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 86. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 89. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 95. 1990; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 520. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 92. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 44. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 73. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 46. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 111. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 41. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 29. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 38. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 118. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 101. 2005; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 497. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 144. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 172. 2009.
                                    6. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2136

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                                    📚 Meta data
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                                    🐾 Taxonomy
                                    RootRoot
                                    KingdomPlantae
                                    PhylumTracheophyta
                                    ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                                    OrderMalvales Juss.
                                    FamilyMalvaceae Juss.
                                    GenusTriumfetta
                                    SpeciesTriumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.
                                    📊 Temporal Distribution
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