Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Tiliaceae | Genus: Triumfetta | Species: Triumfetta tomentosa Bojer ex Bouton |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Triumfetta pilosa, Triumfetta holosericea | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Tomentose Burrbark | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Tomentose Burbark | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Lamgi Leehing | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | 1080- 2400 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit 1–1.5 cm. in diam. including the aculei, aculei numerous, pilose with simple hairs or almost glabrous and with the terminal setae single, straight or slightly curved |
| Habitat | Occurs in forests, swamp margins, bush land, fallows along the sides of roads and as a weed of cultivated land | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | South Africa, Tropical Asia And Tropical America | Bark Details | Bark smooth, pale gray |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | It is a shrub 4 m tall (rarely annual or perennial herb, 0,6-1,5 m and more), sometimes scrambling; tomentose all over | Leaf Details | Leaf-lamina 5–12 × 2.5–7 cm sometimes slightly 3-lobed, acute at the apex, margin irregularly serrate, cordate or sub-cordate at the base greyish-brown-tomentose more densely |
