Triumfetta rhomboidea

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Triumfetta rhomboidea

Flowering plant in Kerala, Indi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Triumfetta
Species:	T. rhomboidea
Binomial name
*Triumfetta rhomboidea* Jacq.^[1]

Triumfetta rhomboidea, commonly known as diamond burbark,^[2] Chinese bur, or kulutkulutan in Tagalog, is a shrub that is extensively naturalised in tropical regions.^[3]^[4] It is thought that to have come to Australia from China.^[3] Its bark—sometimes called burbark--makes a kind of jute.

The taxon was first formally described in 1760 by botanist Nikolaus von Jacquin.^[5]

Description

Various sources give the number of stamens as being between 8 and 15.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] The fruit is round to slightly ovoid^[8] and about 6 millimetres (0.2 in) in diameter with smooth spines which are about 2 millimetres (0.1 in) long.^[3] The stems are covered in star-shaped (stellate) hairs.^[8] Its embryology was described by Venkata Rao in 1952.^[10]

References

^ "Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq". The Plant List. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
^ NRCS. "Triumfetta rhomboidea". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 14 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Harden G. J. "Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
^ "Triumfetta rhomboidea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
^ "Triumfetta rhomboidea". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
^ "eflora of India: Triumfetta rhomboidea". Retrieved 2 June 2018.
^ "Flora of Pakistan: Triumfetta ". Retrieved 2 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Flora of North America: Triumfetta rhomboidea". Retrieved 2 June 2018.
^ "Flora of China: Triumfetta rhomboidea". Retrieved 2 June 2018.
^ Rao, C.V. & Rao, K.V.S. 1952. A contribution to the embryology of Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. & Corchorus acutangulus L. Journal of the Indian Botanical Society XXX1 56-68.

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