N. O. ZYGOPIIYLLEjT;. 
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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). 
N. 0. ZYGOPHYLLE2E. 
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204. Tribulus terrestris, Linn, ii.f.b.i., 
i. 423. 
Syn. : — T. lanuginosus, Linn. 
Habitat: — Throughout India; the warmer countries 
Ceylon. Throughout the globe. 
Sans.-: — Gokslmr, Gokantak, Uaghu Goksluir, Ikshu- 
gandha. 
Vern : — Gokshri, hussak (H.) ; Gokhru (B.) ; Trilcundree 
(Sind); Bhakhra(Pb-); Kante Ghokru (Dec.); Sarnte (M.) Nerunji 
(Tam.); Palleru-mullu 'J’el. Nerinnil (Mai.) ; Lahna gokroo 
(Bomb.) 
Vern. Trimen : — (Sinhalese) Sembu-Nerinclii ; (Tamil) 
Chira-nerinchi ; 
J. 1 nrl raj i : — (Porebunder and Guj.) .Mitlia Gokhru, betha 
gokhru, Nahana Gokhru, Gokhru ; (Hindi) Clihota 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 l-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, £-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. 
