Nichardi / Fivestamen Burbark
Triumfetta pentandra
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Nichardi
Identify Nichardi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Flowers with five stamens.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Tiliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Nichardi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Triumfetta pentandra
- Genus
- Triumfetta
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Mixed deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Africa, Cape Verde Islands, Formosa
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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 Nichardi itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- निचर्डी Nichardi
About Nichardi
A member of the Tiliaceae family, Fivestamen burbark (Triumfetta pentandra) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 2 other states. It grows in mixed deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Nichardi belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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