Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Tiliaceae | Genus: Triumfetta | Species: Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq( लीहिंग, चिरियारी ) |
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| Synonym | Bartramia indica Linn., Triumfetta angulata Lam. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Burr Bush, Chinese Burr | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Common Burbush, Burweed, Chinese Burr | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Leehing, Chiriyari | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Up to 1400 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit subglobose, stellate hairy outside, setose; setae hooked at tip. |
| Habitat | Forest margins, open areas, wasteland. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Panatropical. Throughout tropics; type from West Indies. | Bark Details | Bark smooth, red-brown, scabrid, hairy or glabrous |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Shrub, branchlets gray-brown tomentose. Leaf blades broadly ovate-orbicular, rhomboid, or broadly ovate, 3-lobed, abaxially stellate pilose, adaxially sparsely hairy, base broadly cuneate or rounded, margin irregularly bluntly serrate, apex acute; upper leaf blades oblong-lanceolate, not lobed. Flower a cymes, apex slightly wider; Sepals narrowly oblong, 4.5-5.5 mm, villous, appendaged at tip. Petals yellow, hairy along margins. Stamens 10. Ovary spiny. Fruit subglobose, stellate hairy outside, setose; setae hooked at tip. | Leaf Details | Leaf blades broadly ovate-orbicular, rhomboid, or broadly ovate, 3-lobed, abaxially stellate pilose, adaxially sparsely hairy, base broadly cuneate or rounded, margin irregularly bluntly serrate, apex acute; upper leaf blades oblong-lanceolate, not lobed. |
