Triumfetta pilosa Roth
var. glabrescens Sprague & Hutch.

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Triumfetta pilosa var. glabrescens

Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Shangani, Eastern Chimanimani Mts.

Triumfetta pilosa var. glabrescens

Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Shangani, Eastern Chimanimani Mts.

Triumfetta pilosa var. glabrescens

Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Shangani, Eastern Chimanimani Mts.

Triumfetta pilosa var. glabrescens

Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Shangani, Eastern Chimanimani Mts.

Triumfetta pilosa var. glabrescens

Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Shangani, Eastern Chimanimani Mts.

Triumfetta pilosa var. glabrescens

Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Shangani, Eastern Chimanimani Mts.

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Status: Native
Description:
See Triumfetta pilosa for general details and combined records. This variety is distinguished by the the leaves and buds being only sparsely hairy. The leaves are more narrowly lanceolate, mostly 8-14 cm long.
Type location:
Syntypes from Tanzania and Malawi
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: pilosa: pilose, with long soft hairs
Habitat: Mostly a plant of forest margins.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
FZ divisions: N,S
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Endemic status:
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Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 279.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 81. as Triumfetta tomentosa

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 76.

Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 76 - 77.


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Flora of Mozambique: Triumfetta pilosa var. glabrescens
Flora of Zambia: Triumfetta pilosa var. glabrescens
Flora of Zimbabwe: Triumfetta pilosa var. glabrescens

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Triumfetta pilosa
African Plant Database: Triumfetta pilosa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Triumfetta pilosa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Triumfetta pilosa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Triumfetta pilosa
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Triumfetta pilosa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Triumfetta pilosa
JSTOR Plant Science: Triumfetta pilosa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Triumfetta pilosa
Plants of the World Online: Triumfetta pilosa
Tropicos: Triumfetta pilosa
Wikipedia: Triumfetta pilosa


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-26

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2026). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Triumfetta pilosa var. glabrescens.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=138720, retrieved 4 July 2026

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