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| Latin Name |
English Names |
Sanskrit Names |
Hindi Name |
Tribulus terrestris
Linn. (Zygophyllaceae)
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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.
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| 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.
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| Indications |
It is well known
diuretic plant drug useful in urolithiasis, dysurea, impotence and
kidney dysfunction.
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| Product
Range |
Bonnisan, Confido
(Speman forte), Diabecon (GlucoCare), Geriforte (GeriCare / StressCare),
Himplasia, Renalka, Rumalaya (JointCare), Rumalaya forte, Speman (ProstaCare),
Tentex Royal, Protein Shampoo for dry/damaged hair, Digyton, Geriforte Aqua, Geriforte
Vet, Nefrotec Vet, Rumalaya Vet, Speman forte Vet, Speman Vet, Gokshura,
Chyavanaprasha.
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