Tribulus TERRESTRIS L.
| Synonym : | Tribulus lanuginosus L. Tribulus saharae A. Chev. Tribulus terrestris var. sericeus Andersson ex Svenson |
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| Bangla Name : | Gokkhur, Gukkhur. |
| English Name : | Land Caltrops, Puncture vine, Small Caltrops. |
| Family : | Zygophyllaceae |
| Disease : | Burning urination,gonorrhoea,gleet,stones of bladder,lumbago,postpartum haemorrhage,dysentery,micturation, urinary disorders, impotence, cough, spermatorrhoea, scabies, anemia, ophthalmia. |
| Description : | A much-branched procumbent herb, stem and branches pilose. Leaves opposite, abruptly pinnate, leaflets 3-6 pairs, 6-12 mm long, oblong, mucronate, sericeo-villous. Flowers axillary or leaf-opposed, solitary, petals 1 cm long, oblong-obovate. Fruit globose, consisting of 5 hairy or nearly glabrous woody cocci, each with 2 pairs of hard sharp spines. |
| Distribution : | Kushtia, in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The herb contains harman and water-soluble polysaccharides. Diosgenin, ruscogenin and a dihydroxy sapogenin have also been isolated from aerial parts. Flowers contain diosgenin, hecogenin, ruscogenin and spirosta-3, 5-diene. Fruits contain steroidal sapon |
| Uses : | Plant and dried fruits are esteemed as cooling, demulcent, diuretic, tonic and aphrodisiac, used in the treatment of burning urination. The leaves are diuretic and tonic, increase the menstrual flow, cures gonorrhoea and gleet. Decoction of the leaves is |
| Habit : | Herb |