Triumfetta rhomboidea
Triumfetta rhomboidea, commonly known as diamond burbark, Chinese bur, or kulutkulutan in Tagalog, is a shrub that is extensively naturalised in tropical regions. It is thought that to have come to Australia from China. Its bark—sometimes called burbark--makes a kind of jute.
Triumfetta rhomboidea | |
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Flowering plant in Kerala, Indi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Triumfetta |
Species: | T. rhomboidea |
Binomial name | |
Triumfetta rhomboidea | |
The taxon was first formally described in 1760 by botanist Nikolaus von Jacquin.
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