- Family : PEDALIACEAE
(Pedalium Or Sesame Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : TIL FAMILY (तिल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Pedaliaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pedalium murex L.
- Common name : Teeth dropping Plant, Large caltrops, Bara Gokhuru
- Vernacular name :
- Bara gokhru, Kadva gokkru (Hindi)
- Aane-neggilu (Kannada)
- Yanainerunji (Tamil)
- Yenuga palleru, Pedda palleru, Mullagadakaya chettu, Yenugumullu (Telugu)
- Badogo ekuro, Gokara, Gokshura (Oria)
- Sthulagokshurah (Sanskrit)
- Aananjerinjil, Aanayiruthimullu, Kakkamullu, Kattunjerinjil (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Moist places in wastelands
- Comments / notes : Locals report that the roots when chewed are known to cause teeth-drop.
- Flower, Fruit : April-December
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Nuapada district, Puri district, Khurda district, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
- Puducherry : Puducherry
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Native : Benin, Central African Repu, Comoros, Eritrea, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Vietnam, Yemen
- World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pedalium murex. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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