Triumfetta tomentosa
Bojer in Rapp. Annuel Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. Ile Maurice
12: 19. 1842 & in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 2, 20: 103. 1843; Masters in Fl. Brit. India 1:
394. 1874.
Herbs, suffruticose, 1 -
2 m high, strongly foetid, hispid. Leaves 2 -
12 x 1 -
7 cm,
ovate-lanceolate to orbicular, rounded or cordate at base, acuminate at apex, crenate-
serrate, stellate- hairy especially beneath, 5 -
7-nerved; petioles up to 6 cm long; stipules
lanceolate. Flowers fasciculate in upper axils forming interrupted racemes, shortly
pedicellate. Sepals 4 -
5 mm long, lorate, apiculate, densely stellate-hairy. Petals orange,
4 -
6 mm long, oblong, acute. Stamens 5 -
7. Capsules 5 -
10 mm across, globose, hispid;
spines 4 -
6 mm long, ciliate all along except the fine tip.
Fl. & Fr. June - Dec.
Distrib. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Sikkim, Assam and Meghalaya.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Madagascar and Africa.
Fl. & Fr. June - Dec.
Distrib. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Sikkim, Assam and Meghalaya.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Madagascar and Africa.