TIUBA
Growth form
broadleaf
Life cycle
perennial
Habitat
Agroforestry
synonym | Bartramia angulata Lam. |
synonym | Bartramia crispifolia Stokes |
synonym | Bartramia glandulosa Lam. |
synonym | Bartramia indica L. |
synonym | Bartramia lappago Gaertn. |
synonym | Bartramia rhombifolia Stokes |
synonym | Triumfetta angulata Lam. |
synonym | Triumfetta bartramia L. |
synonym | Triumfetta canacorum Gand. |
synonym | Triumfetta dembianensis Chiov. |
synonym | Triumfetta diversifolia E. Mey. |
synonym | Triumfetta eriocarpa A. St.-Hil. |
synonym | Triumfetta excisa Urban |
synonym | Triumfetta glandulosa Forssk. |
synonym | Triumfetta indica Lam. |
synonym | Triumfetta lappula Vell. |
synonym | Triumfetta martiana Turcz. |
synonym | Triumfetta mauritiana Presl |
synonym | Triumfetta micropetala Lindl. |
synonym | Triumfetta mollis Schumach. |
synonym | Triumfetta rhombeifolia Sw. |
synonym | Triumfetta rhomboidea var. angulata (Lam.) Bak. |
synonym | Triumfetta rhomboidea var. glandulosa (Lam.) Bak. |
synonym | Triumfetta riparia Hochst. |
synonym | Triumfetta semitriloba Bojer |
synonym | Triumfetta thonningiana DC. |
synonym | Triumfetta trilocularis Roxb. |
synonym | Triumfetta tungarensis K.V. Billore |
synonym | Triumfetta vahlii Poir. |
synonym | Triumfetta velutina Sieber ex Presl |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Madagascar: The flowering of Triumfetta rhomboidea occurs towards the end of the rainy season at the beginning of the dry season (February to May).
Mayotte : Triumfetta rhomboidea flowers from April to September and fruits from May to October.
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Triumfetta rhomboidea can be confused with T. pentandra A. Rich., at the young stage. The latter is rather an annual species, of relatively smaller size; it differs from T. rhomboidea also by its leaves with a largely oval leaf more or less trilobed with toothed margin, of equally variable size.
These two species are also distinguished by the size of the fruits:
Criteria to distinguish several Triumfetta species
Fruit prickles | Fruit | Stamens | Pilosity of fruit prickle | Espèce |
Prickle single and hooked | globose 3-5mm indehiscent | 15 | glabrous | T. rhomboidea |
Prickle single and hooked | 8-10 mm indehiscent | 15 | densely pilose | T. eriophlebia |
Prickle single and hooked | ovoïde 2- 4 mm indehiscent |
5-13 | ciliate | T. pentandra |
Prickle single and hooked | globose 10-15 mm dehiscent | 10-12 | T. cordifolia | |
Prickle single, straight or curved | T. tomentosa T. heudelotii |
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Prickles multiple spines stellately arranged | T. dubia |
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Triumfetta rhomboidea is a common species in cultivated fields and empty plots.
Madagascar: Triumfetta rhomboidea grows on ferralitic and ferruginous soils, more or less humus, low fertility, in sunny places or lightly shaded. It is a weed in extensive cassava cultivation or semi-intensive and fallow lands, roadsides and disturbed areas and crops in wetlands and sub-humid low to medium altitude of the eastern regions, North, Middle and West Highlands.
Mayotte: Triumfetta rhomboidea is a common exotic species in cultivated, grazed and urbanized areas in the three climate zones of the island.
New Caledonia: This species is very common and grows especially in disturbed areas, near inhabited places, crops and pastures up to 600 m altitude.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Local harmfulness
Madagascar: Triumfetta rhomboidea is a weed species infrequent and sparse in the cultivations of Madagascar. Rather, it is a ruderal species that sometimes infests certain long cycle culture. This species can be locally abundant in perennial crops with low density and poorly maintained.
Mayotte : Triumfetta rhomboidea is a fairly frequent weed in Mayotte. It is present in 9% of cultivated plots, mainly in fruit and food crops. It grows especially in the center of the island, but it can also be found in the south.
New Caledonia: Triumfetta rhomboidea is considered as a secondary weed of New Caledonian pastures because of a limited nuisance, but it occurs quite frequently and must therefore be monitored. It is rarely large stands.
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Food: The mucilaginous leaves of Triumfetta rhomboidea are consumed, especially by young children and women who have just given birth, because of their high energy value.
Medicinal: In traditional medicine Triumfetta rhomboidea is used to treat skin disorders or sometimes dysentery. The roots are used in the treatment of conjunctivitis. The leaves have analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects. The seeds have powerful purgative virtues.
Other: The bast fibers Triumfetta rhomboidea can be used for making ropes and strings.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Triumfetta%2520rhomboidea
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Malvales |
Family | Malvaceae |
Genus | Triumfetta |
Species | Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. |