Triumfetta rhomboidea | |
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Flowering plant in Kerala, India. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Subfamily: | Grewioideae |
Genus: | Triumfetta |
Species: | T. rhomboidea |
Binomial name | |
Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. |
Triumfetta rhomboidea, commonly known as diamond burbark or Chinese bur, is a shrub that is extensively naturalised in tropical regions.
Its bark--sometimes called burbark--makes a kind of Jute.
The taxon was first formally described in 1760 by botanist Nikolaus von Jacquin.