Tribulus terrestris - Bullhead

❏ Binomial Name : Tribulus terrestris L.

❏ Synonym : Tribulus murex, Tribulus humifusus, Tribulus gussonii

❏ Family : Zygophyllaceae

❏ Common Name : Bullhead, Goats Head, Devil´s-Weed

❏ Tamil Name : Nerinji mullu

❏ Hindi Name : Gokhru

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Tribulus terrestris Botanical Description

Prostrate silky herbs. Leaves opposite, imparipinnate; leaflets opposite, 4-5 pairs, 1.5 x 0.7 cm, oblong; petiole to 7 mm, petiolule 1 mm, stipules 2-3 in cluster,ff persistent. Flowers axillary, 1 or 2, golden yellow, 2 cm across; pedicels to 3 cm,; sepals 5, 5 mm, linear; petals 5, 7 x 4 mm; stamens 10, filaments dilated at base, disc 10-lobed; ovary 5-lobed, hirsute with bulbous hairs; stigmas 5. Fruit 1 cm across, globose, 5-angled, cocci 5, woody, each with a pair of divaricate spines. Fl. & Fr.: October-December.

Tribulus terrestris Medicinal uses

❀ The young shoots and leaves can be boiled and used as a vegetable.

❀ The mature fruit paste are applied to cure swelling on the eyes.

❀ Roots and fruits are used for traditional medicines.

❀ Tribulus terrestris was used as a weapon by South African tribes. The thorny seeds were collected, dipped in poison and then placed on the ground waiting for rival tribes to step on.

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