Herbarium JCB

Tribulus terrestris L.

Family : ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
(Caltrop Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GOKHARU FAMILY (गोखरू फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
Synonym(s) : Tribulus lanuginosus L.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Tribulus terrestris L.
Common name : Puncture Vine, Land Caltrops, Bullhead, Caltrop, Cat's-Head, Devil's-Thorn, Devil's-Weed, Goats Head, Land caltrops, Tribulus
Vernacular name : Gokruhu (Hindi); Kiruneglimullu, Nerangi mullu, Neggele mullu (Kannada); Chini palleru, Palleru (Telugu); Gosurah (Sanskrit); Sarata, Gokhru (Marathi); Nerunji, Sirunerinji (Tamil); Gokhra, Gokhura (Oria); Nerunji (Tamil); Njerinjil, Mulluringi (Malayalam)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Open deciduous forests
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, K. Sankara Rao & Raja K. Swamy
Collection Date : 26/10/2014
Collection Nos : HJCB-0105
Collection Locality : Bakarapeta, Chittoor district (AP)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district
- Karnataka : Kolar district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Balasore district, Koraput district, Kalhandi district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
Native : India
World Distribution : Tropical and warm temperate regions of the world.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tribulus terrestris. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.