Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tribulus pentandrus Forssk. [Zygophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Tribulus pentandrus var. micropteris (Kralik) Hosni ex Hadidi

Tribulus pentandrus var. pentandrus

Tribulus pentandrus var. pterophorus (C.Presl) P.Singh & V.Singh

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aakharaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
desi gokharu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gokharu-kalaan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gokhru kalan	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gokshura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hasaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
neruncil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
winged caltrops	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit, root, stem, leaves, seed		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Fruit, Stem		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Tribulus alatus Delile Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 62 (1813), nom. superfl.
Tribulus alatus var. odontopteris Kralik Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 11: 30 (1849), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tribulus alatus Del.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Tribulus alatus Delaroche	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Tribulus alatus Delile	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Tribulus alatus Delile.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Tribulus pentandrus Forssk.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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