Malvaceae FAMILY

Triumfetta rhomboidea

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Paroquet bur is an erect shrub or perennial herb with stems that are woody at the base, growing up to 1.5 metres tall[ 305 Title Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk Publication Author Website http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands. ]. The plant has a number of local uses - it has various medicinal applications; yields a good fibre; and has somewhat edible leaves. It was at one time cultivated in Malawi as a fibre crop[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeOrigin uncertain, probably tropical America, but it has now become widely naturalised as a weed through the Tropics.

HabitatAn abundant weed along roads and trails, in clearings, waste places, thickets, and canefields, and on open hillsides[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].