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