Tribulus terrestris L. - puncturevine
MH028 : Tribulus terrestris L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 65 |
| Synonym | : | Tribulus bicornutus Fisch. & C.A. Mey.;
Tribulus bimucronatus Kralik;
Tribulus bispinulosus Kralik;
Tribulus intermedius Kralik;
Tribulus orientalis Kerner;
Tribulus robustus Boiss. & Noe;
Tribulus saharae A. Chev.;
Tribulus terrestris var. bicornutus ;(Fisch. & C.A. Mey). Hadidi;
Tribulus terrestris var. inermis Boiss.;
Tribulus terrestris var. robustus ;(Boiss. & Noe) Boiss.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Gokshur or Gokharu or puncture vine |
| Plant Family | : | Zygophyllaceae |
| Description | : | Annual or biennial, prostrate, densely appressed whitish silky pubescent herb. Stem hirsute to sericeous, branches spreading. Leaves paripinnate, 2.5-5 cm long; stipules lanceolate to falcate, 3-5 mm long; leaflets (4-) 5-6(-8) pairs ovate to elliptic-oblong, 5-10(-12) mm long, 3-8 mm broad, inequilateral, acute. Flowers yellow, 1-1.5 cm across; pedical up to 1.5(-2) cm long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 5-6 mm long, c. 3 mm broad, acute. Petals obovate, 6-8 mm long, 3-4 mm broad, obtuse. Stamens 10, filaments c. 3-5 mm long, anthers versatile. Ovary ovoid, hirsute; style c. 1.5 mm long, stigmas decurrent. Fruit up to c. 1 cm in diameter, 4-8 mm long, mericarps densely crested and tuberculate on dorsal side, densely hairy to glabrescent, with 2 long patent and 2 short downwardly directed spines (rarely all or lower 2 reduced to tubercles). Fl.Per.: Almost throughout the year. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Mostly near villages |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | diuretic, aphrodisiac, antiurolithic, immunomodulatory, anti-diabetic, absorption enhancing, hypolipidemic, cardiotonic, central nervous system, Hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antispasmodic, anti-cancer, anti-bacterial, anthelmintic, larvicidal, and anticariogenic activities; It is used to remove the kidney stone and urine problem; |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: glucopyranosyl galactopyrans; ruscogenin; hecogenin; sitosterol; campesterol;
kaempferol; Kaempferol glycosides; Quercetin; Astragalin; Chlorogenin; Cistocardin; Cracillin; D-(+)-Pinitol; Harman; Polysaccharide H; Ruscogenin; Saponoside-C; 5-(Hydroxysulphonyloxy) Jasmonic Acid; Beta-sitosterol; Gitogenin; Kaempferol-3-Beta-D-(6P-Coumaroyl)-Glucoside; Kaempferol-3-Glucoside; Kaempferol-3-Rutinoside; Neogitogenin; Quercetin; Stigmasterol;
Duacosterol; Desoxydiosgenin; Diosgenin; Diosgin; Hecogenin; Protodioscin; Rutin; Terrestrosides; Tribulosin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (6): Beta-sitosterol; Quercetin; Rutin; Kaempferol; Diosgenin; Stigmasterol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- Hu, M., Xu, L., Yin, L., Qi, Y., Li, H., Xu, Y., et al. (2011). Cytotoxicity of dioscin in human gastric carcinoma cells through death receptor and mitochondrial pathways. J. Appl. Toxicol. 33, 712–722. doi: 10.1002/jat.2715
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200012418 |
| Reference | : | ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ Abeynayake Pemadasa, Jansz Manori, Rajoria Kshpira and Singh Sarvesh Kumar; "Role of Rajayapana basti with reference to Duchenne muscular Dystrophy: A review"; Int. J. Res. Ayurveda Pharm. (2016); 7(4): 7-10 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Sapindales |
| Family | : Zygophyllaceae - Creosote-bush family |
| Genus | : Tribulus L. - puncturevine |
| Species | : Tribulus terrestris L. - puncturevine |