Triumfetta rhomboidea

• Botanical Name : Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.
• Synonyms : Triumfetta indica Lamk.
• Common Name : Burr Bush, Chinese Burr, Diamond Burrbark, Jhinpati
• Plant Family : Tiliaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 1, 2, 4, 10, 22, 26, 29, 30
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan, Aranya Van

About Triumfetta rhomboidea Plant :

• Habit : Under shrubs, 50-150 cm high.
• Leaves : Polymorphous, the lower ones usually 3-lobed, the lobes acute, serrate, upper leaves usually simple.
• Flowers : Yellow in dense terminal and leaf-opposed cymes. Stamens yellow, 8-15.
• Fruits : About 6 mm long, bristles short, glabrous.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : August
• Significance :
  • Leaves, flowers and fruits are mucilaginous and demulcent.
  • The bark is used in diarrhoea and dysentery.