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
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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