Dalle Kuro / Hairy Bur
Triumfetta pilosa
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- September-January
How to identify Dalle Kuro
Identify Dalle Kuro 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: Densely hairy (pilose) foliage.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Assam and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Tiliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dalle Kuro.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Triumfetta pilosa
- Genus
- Triumfetta
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Sri Lanaka, Malaysia, China, Tropical Africa
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-January
- 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 Dalle Kuro itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Manipuri
- ꯂꯝ ꯂꯤꯍꯤꯡ Lam leehing
- Mizo
- Semeibawm
- Nepali
- डल्ले कुरो Dalle Kuro, बन कुरो Ban Kuro, मसिनो कुरो Masino Kuro
About Dalle Kuro
Hairy Bur (Triumfetta pilosa) belongs to the Tiliaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and 9 other states. It grows in evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to January.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Dalle Kuro belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
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