Chikti / Common Burbush
Triumfetta rhomboidea
Also known as Burweed
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- August-January
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 undershrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Hooked burs cling to clothing, common weed (burweed).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Kerala 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 rhomboidea
- Genus
- Triumfetta
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Open situations and footHills of deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Pantropical
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Kerala, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Nagaland
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-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 Chikti itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- चिकटी Chikti, चिरचिरीया Chirchiriya, मांडली Mandli
- Nepali
- बलु कुरो Balu Kuro, डल्ले कुरो Dalle Kuro, झिनि झिटिका Jhini Jhitikaa
- Bengali
- বন ওকরা Ban Okra, Bon okhra, বন ওকরা
- Tamil
- கபோதம் Kapotam, கேடகம் Ketakam, ஒட்டுப்புழு Ottu-P-Pulu, Ottu Pullu
- Telugu
- బంకతుత్తర Bankatuttara, డెక్కి Dekki, చిరు సిత్రిక Chiru Sitrika
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡು ಬೆಂಡೆ Kaadu Bende, ಜೊಟ್ಟೋಟೆ Jottote, ಕಟವಾಣಿ Katavaani, Kadu bende
- Malayalam
- ഊർപ്പം Oorppam, ഊർപ്പം
- Marathi
- झिंझर्डी Jhinjhardi, झिनझिरा Jhinjhira, निचर्डी Nichardi, Thinjhira
About Chikti
Common Burbush (Triumfetta rhomboidea) is a low shrub in the Tiliaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan and 20 other states. It grows in open situations and footHills of deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to January.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Chikti belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
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