Botanical record
Triumfetta rhomboidea
Triumfetta rhomboidea is recorded under 4 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Hausa, Yoruba, unspecified language and Igbo.
- Accepted botanical name
- Triumfetta rhomboidea
- Names as published
- Triumfetta rhomboidea (Jacaq.) and Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.
- Common English
- Chinese pur/Burweed
- Parts reported
- leaf, flower fruit, leaves and bark
- GBIF taxonomy
- usage key 3152069 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-09-13
Local names recorded for Triumfetta rhomboidea
Sanko uses this survey for its published name mapping and reported plant parts only. The subject the survey investigated is not a therapeutic claim about this plant.
| Local name | Language | Where recorded | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molanganrsn/ako Bolobolo | Hausa | Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 4 |
| Odo | Yoruba | Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 4 |
| Udoho | unspecified language | all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria | Ethno medicinal survey of plants used by the indigenes of Rivers State of Nigeria — Table 1, row 175 |
| Yanka-dafi | Igbo | Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 4 |