- Family : TILIACEAE
(Linden Or Jute Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : FALSA FAMILY (फालसा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
- Synonym(s) : Triumfetta angulata Lam; Triumfetta trilocularis Roxb.; Triumfetta tungarensis Billore; Triumfetta bartramia L.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.
- Common name : Common Burbush, Burweed
- Vernacular name :
- Puramutti, Ottarai (Tamil)
- Jingirita (Sanskrit)
- Thinjhira (Marathi)
- Oorpam, Ottukayal (Malayalam)
- Habit : Undershrub
- Habitat : Open situations and footHills of deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : On plains up to 1400m. Locally abundant in fallow lands, sometimes as a weed
- Key identification features : Perennial herb; Flowers yellow; Capsule densely white woody or tomentose.
- Flower, Fruit : August-January
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh, K.Sankara Rao; Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy, Navendu Page; Navendu Page, Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, K. Sankara Rao
- Collection Date : 19-11-2014, 25-02-2016, 23-03-2016
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-103; HJCB-0507; HJCB-0600
- Collection Locality : Palamner forest range, Chittoor district (AP); Mahanadi Wildlife Sanctuary, Nyagarh district (OD); Karadyur, Yercaud Hills, Salem District (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Guntur district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district, Chittoor district
- Karnataka : Kolar district (Karnataka State)
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Salem district, The Nilgiri district, Villipuram district, Vellore district, Dharmapuri district, Tirunelveli district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district, Kinnaur district, Shimla district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, China, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Pantropical
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- 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
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- 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.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 123
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Triumfetta rhomboidea
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Triumfetta rhomboidea. Downloaded on 16 February 2026.
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