Triumfetta pilosaRoth

WFO wfo-0001142566 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Triumfetta pilosa, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. a Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-12 / obs. 175918630
Triumfetta pilosa, photographed by 雲一百香果
fig. b 雲一百香果, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170572269
Triumfetta pilosa, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 160265914
Triumfetta pilosa, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. d Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154683933
Triumfetta pilosa, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. e Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125195053
Triumfetta pilosa, photographed by Beah Vega
fig. f Beah Vega, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 115578717
Triumfetta pilosa, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 59108590
Triumfetta pilosa, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 26123058

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Native range 37 botanical countries

Regions where Triumfetta pilosa is native: Botswana, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, China South-Central, China Southeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam BotswanaCape ProvincesDR CongoEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNorthern ProvincesRwandaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweChina South-CentralChina SoutheastAssamBangladeshBismarck ArchipelagoEast HimalayaIndiaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Triumfetta pilosa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Botswana BOT AFRICA
Cape Provinces CPP
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Where it actually grows measured, from 321 observations

Condition 5th percentile Median 95th percentile
Coldest month, mean daily low 4.0 °C 10.0 °C 14.6 °C
Warmest month, mean daily high 24.6 °C 26.4 °C 29.0 °C
Annual rainfall 686 mm 1,000 mm 4,214 mm
Rainfall in the driest quarter 18 mm 98 mm 186 mm

It is barely found anywhere that freezes. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 321 research-grade observations of Triumfetta pilosa that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.

This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Corchorus rothii F.Muell.
  • Triumfetta abyssinica K.Schum. ex Engl.
  • Triumfetta chrysotricha Bojer
  • Triumfetta effusa E.Mey.
  • Triumfetta glandulosa Lam.
  • Triumfetta guazumaefolia Bojer
  • Triumfetta guazumifolia Bojer
  • Triumfetta melanocarpa Suess.
  • Triumfetta microphylla Wight & Arn.
  • Triumfetta morrumbalana De Wild.
  • Triumfetta nigricans F.M.Bailey
  • Triumfetta oblonga Hornem. ex Schrank
  • Triumfetta oblongata Link
  • Triumfetta octandra Griff.
  • Triumfetta pilosa var. nyasana Sprague & Hutch.
  • Triumfetta polycarpa Wall.
  • Triumfetta pseudorhomboidea Szyszyl.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.