Triumfetta obliqua Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 224. 1821. T. cana Blume, Bijdr. 116. 1825; Masters in Fl. Brit. India 1: 396. 1874.

Herbs, suffruticose, 0.5 - 1.5 m high, densely stellate- tomentose. Leaves 2 - 12 x 1 - 5 cm, ovate-oblong, subcordate to subobtuse at base, acuminate at apex, unequally serrate, especially densely stellate-tomentose beneath, 3 - 5-nerved; petioles up to 3 cm long, tomentose; stipules ca 4 mm long, subulate, hairy. Flowers in dense, axillary and leaf-opposed fascicles. Sepals 5 - 6 mm long, awned, tomentose. Petals orange or yellowish, 5 - 7 mm long, oblong-spathulate. Stamens 10 - 12. Ovary oblong. Capsules 12 - 15 mm across, oblong to globose, densely pubescent; spines ca 5 mm long, hispid with a transparent, straight point. Seeds oblong-ovate, black.

Fl. & Fr. June - Dec.

Distrib. India: Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Manipur.

Bangladesh, Malesia and Hongkong.