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 rhomboidea Jacq. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Bartramia indica, Triumfetta diversifolia | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Burr Bush | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Common Burbush, Burweed | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Leehing | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Up to 1400 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit 4-5 mm across, subglobose, stellate hairy outside, setose; setae C. 2 mm long, hooked at tip |
| Habitat | Occurs in fallow lands plains | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Pantropical | Bark Details | Bark smooth, red-brown, scabrid, hairy or glabrous |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Erect, woody herb or shrub 75-150 cm in height stems glabrous, longitudinally grooved | Leaf Details | Leaves 2.5-7 X 2.5-6 cm, generally rhomboid-ovate, base Rounded Or Cordate, Margins Irregularly Serrate, Apex Acute Or Acuminate |
