Malvaceae week :: Triumfetta rhomboidea

Dinesh Valke

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Sep 7, 2011, 4:00:46 PM9/7/11

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Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.

tree-um-FET-a -- named for Giovanni Battista Triumfetti, professor of botany
rom-BOY-dee-uh -- diamond-shaped

Dec 7, 2010 at Vaghbil, Thane

commonly known as: burr bush, Chinese burr, diamond burrbark, parakeet-bur • Gujarati: jhipato • Hindi: चिकटी chikti • Marathi: झिंझर्डी jhinjhardi, झिनझिरा jhinjhira, निचर्डी nichardi, थिनझिरा thinjhira • Oriya: bojoramuli, jolajuti • Sanskrit: झिञ्झिरीता jhinjhireetaa • Tamil: புறாமுட்டி puramutti

Native to: probably tropical America; naturalised pantropically

... Oct 19, 2007 at Sajjangad
... Oct 19, 2007 at Sajjangad
... Nov 21, 2009 at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
... more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Triumfettarhomboidea&m=tags

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Dinesh

Balkar Arya

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Sep 7, 2011, 9:05:42 PM9/7/11

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Any clear cut difference between pentandra and rhombofolia Dinesh Ji?

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Dinesh Valke

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Sep 8, 2011, 2:05:06 AM9/8/11

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Balkar ji,

No doubt these two species (Triumfetta rhomboidea and T. pentandra) are confusingly close, another two can be added to this list: (T. pilosa and T. annua)
Leaving it to those studying (or familiar with) these plants to give us a better understanding for differentiating them.

My perceptions of these are based on their lower leaves ... they differ in shape.
Other differentiating visual details (requiring a hand-lens) - are in the fruits and flowers.

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Dinesh

Balkar Arya

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Sep 8, 2011, 9:33:40 AM9/8/11

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Thanks Dinesh ji

J.M. Garg

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Dec 31, 2017, 4:00:54 AM12/31/17

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First larger image may be of T. pentandra as per details herein.

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Dec 31, 2017, 6:53:59 AM12/31/17

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Sorry, Dinesh ji is right- spines do not appear to be glabrous.

J.M. Garg

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Dec 31, 2017, 7:16:41 AM12/31/17

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I think all images are of Triumfetta pentandra A.Rich. as per keys herein.

On 31 December 2017 at 14:30, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dinesh Valke

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Dec 31, 2017, 11:27:12 AM12/31/17

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Yes, I agree Garg ji. Will correct my notes soon.

Regards.

Dinesh

J.M. Garg

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Dec 31, 2017, 1:21:04 PM12/31/17

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Sorry, Dinesh ji.

No need for any correction as 10 stamen are clearly seen. You initial I'd is perfectly correct. I think number of stamen is the more important key for id. Different floras has confused it. We should generally take 5 stamen for pentendra and 10 for rhomboidea

Dinesh Valke

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Jan 3, 2018, 11:19:44 AM1/3/18

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Thanks Garg ji.

Regards.

Dinesh

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