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TRIBULUS
L. Prostrate hairy herbs. Leaves opposite, compound pinnate. Flowers
solitary in the axil of smaller leaves with 5-fid perianth, 5 or more
stamens and a 4-5 loculed ovary. Fruit dry, splitting into 4-5 indehiscent
bony fruitlets bearing spines, wings, tubercles, etc.
Source: STUDENTS’ FLORA OF
EGYPT second edition, by VIVI TÄCKHOLM, D. Sc. (Stockholm) Professor of Systematic
Botany, Faculty of Science, Cairo University. Published by Cairo
University. Printed by COOPERATIVE PRINTING COMPANY Beirut, 1974.
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Tribulus terrestris L.
v. orientalis Beck (= Tribulus orientalis
Kern.).
v. robustus Boiss. (= Tribulus robustus
Boiss. et Noë).
v. bicornutus (Fisch. et Mey.) (=
Tribulus bicornutus Fisch. et Mey.).
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Common name: Tribulus, Hasak, Dars el
‘agouz, Timgelest, Tadjnouft, Tamezlagelt, Amagelost, Tagruft, Caltrops,
Land caltrops, Punturevine, Puncturevine,
Tribule terrestre, Croix de Malte, Echter brzel, Tribolo, Basapie,
cacciarello, ceciarello, Demir dikeni.
Economic
plant.
Plants
(herb and flowering tops) and seeds.
Herbal
(traditional) medicine.
Pharmacopoeias
wild medicinal plants.
Plants
used in folk medicine.
Plants
of potential medicinal value.
Wild
plant (wild craft).
The
amount needed for industry could be obtained by cultivation.
Part
Used: Dried aerial part, green. Leaf (flowering tops), seed, powder,
boiled, fluid and tincture (liquid) extract.
Forms
and extraction:
1.
Caltrops
(Puncturevine) seed whole or powder.
2.
Caltrops
(Puncturevine) Herb (flowering tops) powder.
3.
Caltrops
(Puncturevine) fluid and tincture (liquid) extract.
Seeds
for propagation.
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Flora
Division ANGIOSPERMAE.
Class DICOTYLEDONEAE.
Subclass
ARCHICHLAMYDEA.
GERANIALES.
Family Zygophyllaceae.
Genus TRIBULUS
L.
Kingdom Plantae – Plants.
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants.
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants.
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants.
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons.
Subclass Rosidae.
Order Sapindales.
FamilyZygophyllaceae – Creosote-bush
family.
Genus Tribulus L. – Punturevine, Caltrops.
Species
Tribulus terrestris L.
Herb,
prostrate, white or yellow flowers. Annual or biennial.
Origin
Egypt.
Tribulus terrestris flora here.
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Tribulus terrestris L.
Morphological
Description:
Annual or
biennial herb up to 20cm. Stem, prostrate hairy. Leaves opposite, compound
paripinnate, grey green, flower white or yellow. Fruit, 6-8 mm in diameter,
subglobose. The following 3 varieties of Tribulus terrestris are recorded
from Egypt: var. orientalis, var. robustus, and var. bicornutus.
Source:
Wild Medical Plant in Egypt. An Inventory to support Conservation and
Sustainable Use. BATANOUNY K. H.
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Last Update
December 4th, 2002.
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Species List
Genus.
Product Photo.
Botanical Family.
Chenopodiaceae.
Compositae.
Cruciferae.
Cyperaceae.
Euphorbiaceae.
Gramineae.
Labiatae.
Plantaginaceae.
Sterculiaceae.
Umbelliferae.
Zygophyllaceae.
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