• Family : TILIACEAE
  (Linden Or Jute Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : FALSA FAMILY (फालसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Triumfetta cana Blume
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Triumfetta bogotensis DC.
• Vernacular name : Masukkunni (Tamil); Bichhua, Bachhua (Oria); Nichardi, Kutree-wandree (Marathi); Erumachappu (Malayalam)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : On hills above 900m, especially along stream banks.
• Flower, Fruit : September-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Amravati district, Aurangabad district, Mumbai Suburban district, Dhule district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Satara district
  • Odisha : All hill regions of Odisha
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• World Distribution : India, Nepal, Sri Lanaka, Malaysia, China, Tropical Africa
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Triumfetta pilosa. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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