Triumfetta rhomboidea - Burbush

❏ Binomial Name : Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.

❏ Synonym : Bartramia indica,Triumfetta indica, Triumfetta trilocularis 

❏ Family : Malvaceae

❏ Common Name : Burbush

❏ Tamil Name : Ottarai

❏ Hindi Name : Chiki

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Triumfetta rhomboidea Botanical Description

Erect, much-branched undershrubs; stem hairy, stellate hairs mixed with simple hairs. Leaves 2.5-7 x 2.5-6 cm, generally rhomboid-ovate, base rounded or cordate, margins irregularly serrate, apex acute or acuminate, stellate-pubescent to glabrescent; basal ones palmately 3-lobed; petioles up to 4 cm long; stipules 3-4 mm long, subulate. Flowers in terminal or leaf-opposed cymes, 5-6 mm across, shortly pedicellate. Sepals 4-5 mm long, lanceolate, hairy without. Petals yellow, 4-5 mm long, oblong-obovate. Stamens 8-15. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long, ovoid, setose. Capsules 4-5 mm across, subglobose, stellate hairy outside, setose; setae c. 2 mm long, hooked at tip. Fl. & Fr.: August-January. 

Triumfetta rhomboidea Medicinal uses

❀ The leaves and flowers are used as a treatment against leprosy. 

❀ Root decoction drunk for dysentery and the treatment of cough

❀ Leaves and flowers crushed with some water applied upon itching wounds

❀ leaves of Triumfetta rhomboidea mashed with rhizome of Zingiber officinale, lemon juice and coconut oil, fried, and taken as bechic

❀ The fruit and pounded roots are believed to promote childbirth.

❀ The crushed flowers may be applied as a poultice on boils

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