Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. - diamond burbark
Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. - diamond burbark
Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. - diamond burbark
Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. - diamond burbark
MS023 : Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 62 |
| Synonym | : | Bartramia angulata Lam.;
Bartramia crispifolia Stokes.;
Bartramia glandulosa Lam.;
Bartramia indica L.;
Bartramia lappago Gaertn.;
Bartramia rhombifolia Stokes.;
Triumfetta angulata Lam.;
Triumfetta bartramia L.;
Triumfetta canacorum Gand.;
Triumfetta dembianensis Chiov.;
Triumfetta diversifolia E. Mey.;
Triumfetta eriocarpa A. St.-Hil.;
Triumfetta excisa Urban.;
Triumfetta glandulosa Forssk.;
Triumfetta indica Lam.;
Triumfetta lappula Vell.;
Triumfetta martiana Turcz.;
Triumfetta mauritiana Presl.;
Triumfetta micropetala Lindl.;
Triumfetta mollis Schumach.;
Triumfetta rhombeifolia Sw.;
Triumfetta rhomboidea var. angulata (Lam.) Bak.;
Triumfetta rhomboidea var. glandulosa (Lam.) Bak.;
Triumfetta riparia Hochst.;
Triumfetta semitriloba Bojer.;
Triumfetta thonningiana DC.;
Triumfetta trilocularis Roxb.;
Triumfetta tungarensis K.V. Billore.;
Triumfetta vahlii Poir.;
Triumfetta velutina Sieber ex Presl.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Anduli, Burr Bush, Chinese burr, diamond burrbark, parakeet-bur; Bengali: ban okra; Garo: sakhap nathing; Gujarati: jhipato; Hindi: chikti; Kannada: kaadu bende; Khasi: soh byrthit; Konkani: nichardi, thinpudi, tupkati; Malayalam: oorppam; Marathi: jhinjhardi, jhinjhira, nichardi, thinjhira; Nepali: baallu kuro; Oriya: bana bhendi, jatajatia; Sanskrit: jhinjhirita; Tamil: kapotam, ketakam, ottu-p-pulu,puramutti; Telugu: bankatuttara, dekki, chiru sitrika, kusangi, tuthura benda; Nepali: Dalle Kuro, Jhini Jhitikaa, Kure Paat, Balu Kuro |
| Plant Family | : | Tiliaceae |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Abundant among amonggrasses and along stream, river banks |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | A decoction of the root is used as a remedy for internal ulcerations. The leaves are antihypertensive, astringent, diuretic, mucilaginous and emollient. A decoction of the plant in rice water, or of the root and bark, is used to treat Diarrhea, dysentery, internal haemorrhages and gonorrhea. The leaves and flowers are used as a treatment against leprosy. Patients with severe colds are treated by giving them a daily sauna with the boiling leaves. The fruit and pounded roots are believed to promote childbirth. The crushed flowers may be applied as a poultice on boils. The plant is used in the treatment of dysentery, diarrhoe, ulcer and leprosy. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Triumboidin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/33355
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Burr%20Bush.html
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Triumfetta+rhomboidea
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279563429 |
| Reference | : | ~ J. Lenin Bapuji and S. Venkat Ratnam; "Traditional Uses of Some Medicinal Plants by tribals of Gangaraju Madugula
Mandal of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh"; Ethnobotanical Leaflets (2009); 13: 388-98 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Dilleniidae |
| Order | : Malvales |
| Family | : Tiliaceae - Linden family |
| Genus | : Triumfetta L. - burbark |
| Species | : Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. - diamond burbark |