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Triumfetta L.
Genus with about 100 species of shrubs, more rarely perennial or annual herbaceous plants, distributed through tropical and subtropical regions. In North Africa it is represented by several species, of which only 2 are perennial, with the base of the stems a little lignified, being the rest herbaceous. This genus was traditionally included in the Tiliaceae family.
Key to species
1 Leaves with small glandular teeth; fruit subglobose, 2 or more seeds Triumfetta rhomboidea
1 Leaves with small eglandular teeth; fruit ovoid, 1 seed Triumfetta flavescens
Updated by: A.F. Carrillo.