Fruits - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 64451 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 37.00 ZYGOPHYLLACEAE Tribulus terrestris | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Fruits | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Japan | TDWG Region | Japan | ||
| Parts Held | Fruits | Geography Description | Japan | ||
| Uses | FruitsUse: MEDICINES - Genitourinary System Disorders User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Genitourinary System Disorders | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 24 D 3 | ||
| Donor Date | 00/11/1878 | Donor Notes | Christy Thosx0Dx0A | ||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: This plant is well described by Ainslie, he says, 'The species in question is a common plant near the Dardanelles, it has a slender fibrous root, from which spring the five delicate stalks, spreading flat on the ground; these are hairy and, extend 2 1/2 feet in length; the leaves are pinnated, leaflets 5 to 6 pairs nearly round. The flowers are axillary on short peduncles and composed of five broad obtuse yellow petals; these are succeded by a roundish five cornered fruit, about the size o, f a marble armed with four sharp thorns and containing several seeds. The latter part of this description has been slightly altered as it was incorrect. The Cocci are wedged shaped yellowish when ripe; the external convex surface being rough between the t, horns. When all five are in situ the fruit presents 10 thorns pointing towards the peduncle and 10 pointed outwards round the circumference; the latter developed first. This may account for the statement in some books that each coccus has only two spines., The seeds are oily and enclosed within very hard stony cells. Chota gokhroo is always to be obtained in the shops. It is valued as a diuretic. The taste is rather agreeable. | ||||