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.