| Latin Names |
English Names |
Sanskrit Names |
Hindi Names |
Tribulus terrestris
Linn. (Zygophyllaceae) |
Small Caltrops
Land Caltrops
Puncture Vine |
Gokshura
Trikanta
Shvadamshtra |
Gokhru |
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 Habitat
It is commonly
found throughout India, up to an altitude of 5,400 m.
Morphology Description (Habit)
T.terrestris
is a variable, prostrate annual. The roots are slender and cylindrical,
light brown and faintly aromatic. The leaves are paripinnate;
the leaflets, 5-8 pairs, subequal, oblong to linear-oblong.
The flowers are leaf-opposed, solitary, pale-yellow to yellow;
the fruits, globose, consisting of 5-12 woody cocci, each with
2 pairs of hard, sharp, divaricate spines, one pair longer than
the other. Several seeds are seen in each coccus with transverse
partitions between them. |
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Principal Constituents
Harmine.
Indications
It is well known
diuretic plant drug useful in urolithiasis, dysurea, impotence and
kidney dysfunction.
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