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07. Tribulus terrestris --
{hsu:lé} Tsu-le.by Daw Mya Bwin and U Sein Gwan, Pharmacology Research Division, Department of Medical Research, Ministry of Health, Rangoon, 1973.
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• See Plants for hypotensive action
07. Tribulus terrestris --
{hsu:lé} Tsu-le.
Family as given by authors: Zygophyllaceae
p38
Burmese name:
{hsu:lé} Tsu-le.
Ttibulus languinosus Linn. Sp. Pl. 387 (1753).
Tribulus languinosus Linn.
English common name: Calthrops.
Description:
A procumbent, ascending or sub-erect
herb; stems and branches pilose; young parts silky-villous. Leaves compound,
alternate, leaflest 3-6 pairs, oblong, sericeo-villous with appressed hairs
beneath and more or less so on the upper surface. Flowers axillary, solitary,
yellow. Fruit globose, consisting of 4-6 cocoi, each coccus with two, sharp
divaricate spines, one pair longer than the other. Family Zygophyllaceae.
Flowering and fruiting from July to December.
Distribution:
Upper Burma, Mandalay and Kyaukse area.
Uses:
Fruit possess hypertensive action.
fn38-01
Fruit also used as diuretic, tonic, aphrodisiac and in the treatment of urinary disorders.
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fn38-01 Chopra, R. N., & I. C. Chopra (1955). A review of work on Indian medicinal plants, p. 50. Cambridge Printing Works, Kashmere Gate: Delhi. fn38-01b
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