Triumfetta pilosa
Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 223. 1821; Masters in Fl. Brit. India 1: 394.
1874. T.
oblongata Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 5. 1822. T. guazumaefolia Bojer in
Rapp. Annuel Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. Ile Maurice 12: 18. 1842 & in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. 2,
20: 101. 1843.
Kh.: Soh-bythrid; Tam.: Masukanni; Tel.: Tigebenda
Herbs, basally woody, erect, ca 1.5 m high, hispid with bulbous-based stellate or simple hairs. Leaves 5 - 13.5 x 1.5 - 7.5 cm, ovate-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, cordate or rounded at base, acute or acuminate at apex, coarsely serrate, stellate-hairy, 3 - 5-nerved; petioles 1 - 3 (-5) cm long, pilose; stipules ca 8 mm long, linear-lanceolate, pilose. Flowers in many-flowered, axillary or leaf-opposed, shortly pedunculate cymes, ca 1 cm across; pedicels 2 - 3 mm long, hairy. Sepals 9 - 10 mm long, lorate, apiculate, hairy. Petals yellow, 7 - 8 mm long, narrowly oblanceolate, obtuse, dentate at apex, ciliate at base. Stamens 10. Carpels 4; ovary globose, hairy, 4-loculed; style subulate; stigma 4-lobed. Capsules 6 - 10 mm across, subglobose, tomentose; spines 6 - 8 mm long, uncinate with patent hairs around except the extreme apical region. Seeds ca 2.5 mm long, planoconvex, dark brown to black, shiny.
Fl. & Fr. Almost throughout the year.
Distrib. India: Almost throughout.
Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Malay Peninsula and Tropical Africa.
Herbs, basally woody, erect, ca 1.5 m high, hispid with bulbous-based stellate or simple hairs. Leaves 5 - 13.5 x 1.5 - 7.5 cm, ovate-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, cordate or rounded at base, acute or acuminate at apex, coarsely serrate, stellate-hairy, 3 - 5-nerved; petioles 1 - 3 (-5) cm long, pilose; stipules ca 8 mm long, linear-lanceolate, pilose. Flowers in many-flowered, axillary or leaf-opposed, shortly pedunculate cymes, ca 1 cm across; pedicels 2 - 3 mm long, hairy. Sepals 9 - 10 mm long, lorate, apiculate, hairy. Petals yellow, 7 - 8 mm long, narrowly oblanceolate, obtuse, dentate at apex, ciliate at base. Stamens 10. Carpels 4; ovary globose, hairy, 4-loculed; style subulate; stigma 4-lobed. Capsules 6 - 10 mm across, subglobose, tomentose; spines 6 - 8 mm long, uncinate with patent hairs around except the extreme apical region. Seeds ca 2.5 mm long, planoconvex, dark brown to black, shiny.
Fl. & Fr. Almost throughout the year.
Distrib. India: Almost throughout.
Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Malay Peninsula and Tropical Africa.
