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The juice of the leaves is an effectual insecticide and a 

 valuable application in scabies, if rubbed well and frequently 

 over the affected parts (Moodeen Sheriff;. 



Useful in chronic rheumatism and asthma (Dr. Houston 

 in Watt's Dictionary). 



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204. Tribulus terrestris, Linn. h.f.b.i., 

 i. 423. 



Syn. : — T. lanuginosus, Linn. 



Habitat: — Throughout India; the warmer countries 

 Ceylon. Throughout the globe. 



Sans. : — Gokshur, Gokantak, Laghu Gokshur, Ikshu- 

 gandha. 



Vern : — Gokshri, hussak (H.) ; Gokhru (B.) ; Trikundree 

 (Sind); Bhakhra(Pb.); Kante Ghokru (Dec); Sarate (M.) Nerunji 

 (Tarn.); Palleru-mullu 'Tel. 1 Nerinnil (Mai.) ; Lalina gokroo 

 (Bomb.) 



Vern. Trimen : — (Sinhalese) Sembu-Nerinchi ; (Tamil) 

 Chira-nerinchi ; 



J. Indraji : — (Porebunder and Guj.) Mitha Gokhru, betha 

 gokhru, Nahana Gokhru, Gokhru ; (Hindi) Chhota Gokhru : 



Annual or perennial, with numerous long, prostrate, more 

 or less hairy or hispid branchlets ; " herbs hirsute or silky 

 hairy," as Edgeworth and Hooker say. Common in sandy 

 ground. Branches I-2ft. Leaves opposite. The pair usually 

 unequal ; pinnate, with 3-6 pair of opposite, usually sessile 

 leaflets. Leaflets i-Jin., 5-7 pair, subequal, mucronate, oblong, 

 white and silky beneath, slightly silky above. Stipules lanceolate, 

 acute ; peduncles shorter than the leaves, slender. Flowers 

 bright yellow, i-fin. diam., solitary, axillary, or leaf-opposed. 

 Sepals linear, acute. Petals rounded, longer than sepals, 

 fugacious. Ovary bristly ; style stout, short. Fruit of (usually) 

 5, hairy or nearly glabrous, woody cocci, each with 2 pair of 

 stiff sharp spines, forming a more or less spherical, spiny ball. 



