Puncture Vine - Tribulus terrestris

[raghu ananth]

Puncture Vine - Tribulus terrestris

Kannada:  Neggina mullu, Neggillu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribulus_terrestris

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Tribulus terrestris

ZYGOPHYLLACEAE

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Puncture Vine, Caltrop, Yellow Vine, Goathead, Gokharu गोखरू (Hindi), Gokhru (Urdu), Gokhru kanta (Bengali), Cinnpalleru (Telugu), பல்லேரு முள்ளு palleru-mullu (Tamil), Nerinnii (Malayalam)

at Tailur,Mandya dist.,Karnataka in Feb,'09;

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Tribulus terrestris - Puncture Vine

[tanay bose]

A new plant for me !! thanks for posting
Tanay

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[Satish Chile]

Tribulus terrestris. Raghu ji this plant I collected from Chhindwara (M.P.). Thanx for reviving the memory.
Satish 

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Very Common in Delhi along roadsides.

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[raghu ananth]

I can recollect this  thorn penetrating my sole in my younger days. pains a lot.

Farmers say these plants usually do not grow on the walking trails, 4-5 such thorns can panic even the elephant.

In my town we are suggested not to drive along the road edges because of the presence of these puncture vines.

Photo date: 17 May 2010

Katnal Village, Mysore district

Habitat: Irrigation canal edges

Regards

Raghu

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[Muthu Karthick]

Dear Singji,

Why not Tribulus lanuginosis L. of Zygophyllaceae? This herb is commonly seen in TN.

I would be happier to know the difference between T. lanuginosa and T. terrestris.

Muthu Karthick, N
Junior Research Fellow
Care Earth Trust
Chennai - 61
www.careearthtrust.org

[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes Muthu ji

Some one please supply key for T. terrestris, T. rajasthanensis and T. lanuginosus. Above upload seems to have phants photographed on different days, may be different plants. First and fifth photographs seem different from 2-4.

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[R. Vijayasankar]

A simple macroscopic key to distinguish the 3 southern indian species :

 

1. Style absent or very short (< 0.5 mm long) --- Tribulus terrestris

1. Style present, 1.5-2 mm long ---------------------- 2

2. Style glabrous ------------------------------------------- Tribulus lanuginosus

2. Style pubescent ---------------------------------------- Tribulus subramanyamii

 

Of course, there are other differences in indumentum, staminal glands...too!

 

I'll try to upload the pictures shortly.

With regards

R. Vijayasankar

[Gurcharan Singh]

Thanks Vijayasankar ji

Any comments on these photographs? Two taxa or same with variation. 1,5 vs 2,3,4.

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[R. Vijayasankar]

Dear Gurcharan ji,

 

They may be of T. terrestris, but the style is not clearly visible in the pictures. Habit wise there is no much difference between this and T. lanuginosus however the style is very prominent in the latter species. While some authors consider both as one and the same, many floras incl. BSI's Fl. of India treat them separate.

 

With regards

R. Vijayasankar

[raghu ananth]

Dear Dr. Gurucharan ji,

Yes you are right, the photographs are taken on different dates and  location. The photograph's exif data indicate the same. 

I thought they belong to a single species which proved wrong. Mails from Muthu ji, Dr. Vijayshankar ji and yours prompts me to revisit those photographs again. I need to check them. Will try to follow naming conventions ith date prefixes. for such  photographs.

Thanks / Regards

Raghu

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