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MS023 : Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 62  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Malvales
Family : Tiliaceae - Linden family
Genus : Triumfetta L. - burbark
Species : Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. - diamond burbark
Plant Location in Melghat : Abundant among amonggrasses and along stream, river banks  
Plant Category : Shrubs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Tiliaceae  
 
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
 
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.
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.
 
Curated 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 : Triumboidin
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 :