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Triumfetta annua L.

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Triumfetta annua L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymTriumfetta nana Bojer
synonymTriumfetta nipaulensis G.Don
synonymTriumfetta schimperi Hochst.
synonymTriumfetta suffruticosa Blume
synonymTriumfetta trichoclada DC.
synonymTriumfetta triclada Link
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Common Burbush
  • Paroquet-burr
Hindi
  • Chiki
Other
  • Karottai
  • Orange Burr-bush
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Herb/ Undershrub
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
    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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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Annual herbs, young shoots glabrescent. Leaves ovate, caudate-acuminate, base rounded or subcordate, membranous, serrate, sparsely hairy on both sides, to 10 x 5 cm. Flowers in axillary fascicles. Petals yellow, 4 mm long. Capsule ca. 1 cm across.
      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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        Habit: Herb
        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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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: August-March
          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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            Morphology

            Growth Form

            Herb
            Herb
            Flower

            In axillary or leaf-opposed, cymes or racemes, yellow. Flowering throughout the year.

            Fruit

            A capsule, globose, apically recurved prickles. Seeds 10. Fruiting throughout the year.

            Leaf Apices

            Caudate

            Leaf arrangement

            Alternate

            Leaf Bases

            Rotund

            Leaf Margins

            Serrate

            Leaf Shapes

            Ovate

            Leaf Types

            Simple

            Habit

            An annual herb.

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              Miscellaneous Details
              Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Dry Deciduous 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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                Mammals disperse the bristly seeds which stick to their fur.
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                  📚 Habitat and Distribution
                  General Habitat
                  Open areas, roadsides
                  Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                  Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                    Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
                    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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                      Common, upto 900m. India, Pakistan, East Indies, Madagascar, Tropical and southwest Africa.
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                        Description
                        Global Distribution

                        India: Assam, Odisha, Tropical Himalayas, Deccan, Western Ghats, Andaman; Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia

                        Indian Distribution

                        Assam

                        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                          Global Distribution

                          Paleotropics

                          Indian distribution

                          State - Kerala, District/s: Kottayam, Kozhikkode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Wayanad

                          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                            Maharashtra: Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Thane Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: Idukki,Kollam,Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur Tamil Nadu: Dindigul, Nilgiri, Salem, Tiruvannamalai
                            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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                              No Data
                              📚 Occurrence
                              No Data
                              📚 Uses and Management
                              Uses

                              System of Medicines Used In

                              Folk medicine
                              Folk medicine
                              System Of Medicines Used In

                              Folk medicine

                              FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7290
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                                Fodder plant.
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                                  📚 Information Listing
                                  References
                                  1. 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=7290
                                  1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, 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,Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                                  1. Triumfetta annua L., Mant. Pl. 1: 73. 1767; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 396. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 120(86). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 52. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 98. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 86. 1989; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 34. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 89. 1990; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 518. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 91. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 73. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 45. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 40. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 28. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 117. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 101. 2005; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 496. 2005.
                                  Information Listing > References
                                  1. 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=7290
                                  2. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, 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,Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                                  3. Triumfetta annua L., Mant. Pl. 1: 73. 1767; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 396. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 120(86). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 52. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 98. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 86. 1989; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 34. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 89. 1990; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 518. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 91. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 73. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 45. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 40. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 28. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 117. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 101. 2005; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 496. 2005.

                                  Plant species composition on two rock outcrops from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India

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                                  📚 Meta data
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                                  🐾 Taxonomy
                                  RootRoot
                                  KingdomPlantae
                                  PhylumTracheophyta
                                  ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                                  OrderMalvales Juss.
                                  FamilyMalvaceae Juss.
                                  GenusTriumfetta
                                  SpeciesTriumfetta annua L.
                                  📊 Temporal Distribution
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