Shrub
Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.
🗒 Synonyms
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 |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
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
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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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
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Growth Form
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.
Keystone Foundation
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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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
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Mammals disperse the bristly seeds which stick to their fur.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Degraded deciduous forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Common by fallow lands. Plains from the coast to 1400m. Widely distributed. Pantropical.
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Description
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
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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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
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
India: Assam, Bihar, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Punjab
Indian Distribution
Bongaigaon, Eastern Assam
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Medicinal
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Fodder plant.
Keystone Foundation
Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2136
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2136 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- 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
- Triumfetta tungarensis Billore, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 621. 1982.
- Triumfetta angulata Lam., Encycl. 3: 421. 1789.
- Triumfetta trilocularis Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 462. 1832.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Triumfetta tungarensis Billore, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 621. 1982.
- Triumfetta angulata Lam., Encycl. 3: 421. 1789.
- Triumfetta trilocularis Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 462. 1832.
- 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.
- 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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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Malvales Juss. |
Family | Malvaceae Juss. |
Genus | Triumfetta |
Species | Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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