For Id 210708JM-

[J.M. Garg]

On 20/7/08 at Agriculture University on the Kachcha pathway, in Hyderabad, AP.
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[Neil Soares]

Hi Mr Garg,
It could be the Puncture Plant [ Tribulus terrestris].
Regards,
Neil.

--- On Mon, 7/21/08, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Neil ji for Id help. On checking on net leaves, fruit, flowers etc. seem to match.

For its Ayurvedic use, pl. see the link: http://www.ayurveda-herbal-remedy.com/indian-herbs/tribulus-terrestris.html

Why is is called Puncture Plant? Here is interesting inf. on this etc. in the extracts from Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribulus_terrestris

Tribulus terrestris is a flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Old World in southern Europe, southern Asia, throughout Africa, and in northern Australia. It can thrive even in desert climates and poor soil.

Like many weedy species, this plant has many common names. Puncture Vine, Caltrop, Yellow Vine, and Goathead are the most widely used; others include automobile-weed, bindy eye, bindii, bullhead, burnut, burra gokhroo, calthrops, cat's head, common dubbeltjie, devil's thorn, devil's weed, doublegee, dubbeltje, gokshura, ground bur-nut, isiHoho, land caltrop, Maltese cross, Mexican sandbur, puncture weed, rose, small caltrops, sticker, tackweed, and Texas sandbur (also T. micrococcus).

"Goathead" fruit

It is a taprooted herbaceous perennial plant that grows as a summer annual in colder climates. The stems radiate from the crown to a diameter of about 10 cm to over 1 m, often branching. They are usually prostrate, forming flat patches, though they may grow more upwards in shade or among taller plants. The leaves are pinnately compound with leaflets less than a quarter-inch long. The flowers are 4–10 mm wide, with five lemon-yellow petals. A week after each flower blooms, it is followed by a fruit that easily falls apart into four or five single-seeded nutlets. The nutlets or "seeds" are hard and bear two to three sharp spines, 10 mm long and 4–6 mm broad point-to-point. These nutlets strikingly resemble goats' or bulls' heads; the "horns" are sharp enough to puncture bicycle tires and to cause painful injury to bare feet.

The Latin name tribulus originally meant the caltrop (a spiky weapon), but in Classical times already meant this plant as well.^[2]

[J.M. Garg]

Here is another reply from Chitra ji:

"Thats TRibulus terrresteris
CHitra"

[Chitra Shanker]

SORRY FOR THE SPELLINGS. hURRY TO GO TO OFFICE
tRIBULUS TERRESTRIS
cHITRA

[Tabish]

This is indeed Puncture Vine, Tribulus terrestris. A thorny head,
notorious for puncturing bicycle tyres, is visible on the left in the
second picture.
Cheers!
- Tabish

On Jul 22, 8:01 am, "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is another reply from Chitra ji:
> "Thats TRibulus terrresteris
> CHitra"
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 7:50 AM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >  Thanks, Neil ji for Id help. On checking on net leaves, fruit, flowers
> > etc. seem to match.
> > For its Ayurvedic use, pl. see the link:

> >http://www.ayurveda-herbal-remedy.com/indian-herbs/tribulus-terrestri...

> > Why is is called Puncture Plant? Here is interesting inf. on this etc. in
> > the extracts from Wikipedia link:
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribulus_terrestris
>

> > *Tribulus terrestris* is a flowering plant<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant>in the family
> > Zygophyllaceae <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygophyllaceae>, native to
> > warm temperate and tropical regions of the Old World<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_World>in southern
> > Europe <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe>, southern Asia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia>,
> > throughout Africa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa>, and in northern
> > Australia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia>. It can thrive even in
> > desert <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert> climates and poor soil<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil>
> > .
>
> > Like many weedy species <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weedy_species>, this
> > plant has many common names. *Puncture Vine*, *Caltrop<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caltrop>
> > *, *Yellow Vine*, and *Goathead* are the most widely used; others include

> > automobile-weed, bindy eye, bindii, bullhead, burnut, burra gokhroo,
> > calthrops, cat's head, common dubbeltjie, devil's thorn, devil's weed,
> > doublegee, dubbeltje, gokshura, ground bur-nut, isiHoho, land caltrop,
> > Maltese cross, Mexican sandbur, puncture weed, rose, small caltrops,

> > sticker, tackweed, and Texas sandbur (also *T. micrococcus*).
> >  [image: "Goathead" fruit]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tribulus_terrestris_fruit.jpg> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tribulus_terrestris_fruit.jpg>
> > "Goathead" fruit
>
> > It is a taprooted <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taproot> herbaceous<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbaceous> perennial
> > plant <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_plant> that grows as a
> > summer annual <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual_plant> in colder

> > climates. The stems radiate from the crown to a diameter of about 10 cm to
> > over 1 m, often branching. They are usually prostrate, forming flat patches,
> > though they may grow more upwards in shade or among taller plants. The

> > leaves <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf> are pinnately compound with
> > leaflets less than a quarter-inch long. The flowers<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower>are 4–10 mm wide, with five lemon-yellow petals. A week after each flower
> > blooms, it is followed by a fruit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit>that easily falls apart into four or five single-seeded nutlets. The nutlets

> > or "seeds" are hard and bear two to three sharp spines, 10 mm long and 4–6
> > mm broad point-to-point. These nutlets strikingly resemble goats' or bulls'

> > heads; the "horns" are sharp enough to puncture bicycle<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle>tires and to cause painful injury to bare
> > feet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot>.
>
> > The Latin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin> name *tribulus* originally
> > meant the caltrop <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caltrop> (a spiky weapon),
> > but in Classical times already meant this plant as well.[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribulus_terrestris#cite_note-1>
>
> > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>

> > wrote:
>
> >> Hi Mr Garg,
> >>    It could be the Puncture Plant [ Tribulus terrestris].
> >>                Regards,
> >>                 Neil.
>

> >> --- On Mon, 7/21/08, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> >> > From: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com>
> >> > Subject: [Indiantreepix] For Id 210708JM-
> >> > To: "indiantreepix" <indian...@googlegroups.com>
> >> > Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 9:50 PM
> >>  > On 20/7/08 at Agriculture University on the Kachcha pathway,
> >> > in Hyderabad,
> >> > AP.
> >> > --
> >> > With regards,
> >> > J.M.Garg
> >> > "We often ignore the beauty around us"
> >> > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/
> >> > join Google e-group
> >> > (Indiantreepix)
> >> >http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en
> >> > For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Landscape pictures etc.,
> >> > visit
> >> >http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg
>
> > --
> > With regards,
> > J.M.Garg
> > "We often ignore the beauty around us"
> > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group

> > (Indiantreepix)http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en

> > For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Landscape pictures etc., visit
> >http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg
>
> --
> With regards,
> J.M.Garg
> "We often ignore the beauty around us"
> For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group

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