Chikti / Orange Burr-Bush
Triumfetta annua
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & more
- Flowering
- August-March
How to identify Chikti
Identify Chikti by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Annual weedy herb.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Tiliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chikti.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Triumfetta annua
- Genus
- Triumfetta
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist hill slopes and hill tops
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, India, Pakistan, East-Indies, Madagascar
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Tiliaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chikti itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- চিকতি Chikti
About Chikti
A member of the Tiliaceae family, Orange Burr-Bush (Triumfetta annua) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and 4 other states. It grows in moist hill slopes and hill tops. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Chikti belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
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