Triumfetta RHOMBOIDEA Jacq.
| Synonym : | Triumfetta bartramia L. Triumfetta angulata Lam. Bartramia indica L. Bartramia rhombifolia Stokes Triumfetta glandulosa Lam. Triumfetta trilocularis Roxb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Banokra. |
| English Name : | Burbush, Burweed. |
| Family : | Tiliaceae |
| Disease : | demulcent,astringent, diarrhea, dysentery, gonorrhoea ,tonic, diuretic and cooling. |
| Description : | An annual undershrub, 0.6-1.5 m high, branches slender, more or less pubescent. Leaves variable, lower leaves 5-7.5 cm diam., usually 3-lobed, irregularly serrate, clothed with stellate hairs on both surfaces, upper leaves usually simple, with very short petioles. Flowers 6 mm across, yellow in dense terminal and leaf-opposed cymes. Capsule subglobose, 4 mm diam., echinate with hooked bristles. |
| Distribution : | In most of the districts in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | A flavone glycoside, triumboidin has been isolated from this plant. It also contains small amounts of other flavones and flavonoids. Seeds contain a fixed oil and proteins (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | Fruits, flowers and leaves are used as demulcent and astringent. Bark and fresh leaves are used in diarrhoea and dysentery. Flowers rubbed with sugar and water is given in gonorrhoea to stop burning. Fruits are believed to promote parturition. Roots are t |
| Habit : | Undershrub |