| Accepted name: |
Tribulus terrestris L. |
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HTRITE
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2.1 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Leaves and young shoots eaten as a potherb in India and W Africa. The flour from the fruits used for making bread in times of scarcity in India. The plant serves as a remedy (diuretic, tonic, aperient, aphrodisiac) and source of pharmaceutical preparations(1). |
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