Triumfetta rotundifolia
Lam., Encycl. 3: 421. 1792; Masters in Fl. Brit. India 1:
395. 1874. T. suborbiculata DC., Prodr. 1: 506. 1824.
Hindi: Lapta, Mandhi; Or.: Jotya; Tam.: Adayoti; Tel.: Bankitutturi.
Herbs, suffruticose, up to 50 cm high with spreading branches; young branches densely hairy, roughish. Leaves 1 - 4.2 x 1 - 4.2 cm, obovate to orbicular, obtuse at base, acute at apex, irregularly serrate, coriaceous, sparsely stellate-hairy, rugose and green above, densely stellate-hairy and cream-coloured beneath, 3 - 5-nerved; petioles 0.5 - 3.5 cm long, pubescent; stipules ca 4 mm long, subulate, pubescent. Flowers in leaf-opposed cymes arranged in interrupted racemes, subsessile, ca 6 mm across; bracts ca 1.5 mm long, linear. Sepals 5 - 7 mm long, lorate, apiculate, albido-tomentose. Petals yellow, 4 - 5 mm long, spathulate, emarginate at apex, ciliate at base. Stamens 10 - 25, as long as petals. Capsules 6 - 7 x 3 - 5 mm, ovoid·subglobose to globose, pubescent; spines ca 2 mm long, uncinate, pubescent. Seeds ca 2.5 mm long, black.
Fl. & Fr. July - Dec.
Distrib. India: Central and Peninsular India.
Myanmar.
Herbs, suffruticose, up to 50 cm high with spreading branches; young branches densely hairy, roughish. Leaves 1 - 4.2 x 1 - 4.2 cm, obovate to orbicular, obtuse at base, acute at apex, irregularly serrate, coriaceous, sparsely stellate-hairy, rugose and green above, densely stellate-hairy and cream-coloured beneath, 3 - 5-nerved; petioles 0.5 - 3.5 cm long, pubescent; stipules ca 4 mm long, subulate, pubescent. Flowers in leaf-opposed cymes arranged in interrupted racemes, subsessile, ca 6 mm across; bracts ca 1.5 mm long, linear. Sepals 5 - 7 mm long, lorate, apiculate, albido-tomentose. Petals yellow, 4 - 5 mm long, spathulate, emarginate at apex, ciliate at base. Stamens 10 - 25, as long as petals. Capsules 6 - 7 x 3 - 5 mm, ovoid·subglobose to globose, pubescent; spines ca 2 mm long, uncinate, pubescent. Seeds ca 2.5 mm long, black.
Fl. & Fr. July - Dec.
Distrib. India: Central and Peninsular India.
Myanmar.
