Fruits - Specimen details

Fruits - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 64434

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Plant Name 37.00 ZYGOPHYLLACEAE Tribulus terrestris Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Fruits Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Fruits Geography Description India, Bombay
Uses FruitsUse: MEDICINES - Genitourinary System Disorders User: Man TDWG use MEDICINES - Genitourinary System Disorders
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Notes: Label source: This plant is well described by Ainslie: the sp is a common plant near the Dardanelles, and called in modern Greek ?? It has a slender fibrous root, from which spring four to five delicate stalks, spreading flat on the ground; these are ha, iry and extend 2.5 ft in length. Flowers are axillary on short peduncles and composed of 5 broad obtuse yellow petals. The seeds are oily and enclosed in very hard stony cells. Chota Gokhroo is always to be obtained in the shops. It is valued as a diu, retic and the taste is rather agreeable. Dymock, Pharm Journal.

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