''Triumfetta rhomboidea'', commonly known as diamond burbark,
Chinese bur, or kulutkulutan in
Tagalog
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Language
* Tagalog language, a language spoken in the Philippines
** Old Tagalog, an archaic form of the language
** Batangas Tagalog, a dialect of the language
* Tagalog script, the writing system historically used for Tagal ...
, 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
Jute ( ) is a long, rough, shiny bast fibre that can be Spinning (textiles), spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from flowering plants in the genus ''Corchorus'', of the mallow family Malvaceae. The primary source of the fiber is ...
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The taxon was first formally described in 1760 by botanist Nikolaus von Jacquin.
Description
Various sources give the number of stamens as being between 8 and 15.[
The fruit is round to slightly ovoid][ and about in diameter with smooth spines which are about long.][
The stems are covered in star-shaped (]stellate
Stellate, meaning star-shaped, may be used to describe:
Biology
* Stellate cell (disambiguation)
* Stellate ganglion
* Stellate reticulum
* Stellate veins
* Stellate trichomes (hairs)
Other
* Stellate wounds from lacerations or incisions
* S ...
) hairs.[
Its embryology was described by Venkata Rao in 1952.][
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References
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Grewioideae
Flora naturalised in Australia
Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin