botanical record · discovered
Puncture-vine
Tribulus terrestris
Puncture-vine · Abrojo · Abrojo de flor amarilla · Abrojos · Abrollo · Annual Devilthorn · Babin zub · Beesdubbeltjiedoring · Bhakhrha · Burnut · Burzeldorn · Cabeça-de-touro · Ch’ilhoshíǫ Naakaibihosh · Common Devilthorn · Common Dubbeltjie · Croix de Malte
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, Iraq, India, Sudan, Lesotho, Spain, Kurdistan
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Head), Alterative, Anemia, Aperient
Science studied: ASCORBIC-ACID, ASH, ASPARTIC-ACID, ASTRAGALIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Scientific name: Tribulus terrestris
Common names: Puncture-vine, Abrojo, Abrojo de flor amarilla, Abrojos, Abrollo, Annual Devilthorn, Babin zub, Beesdubbeltjiedoring, Bhakhrha, Burnut, Burzeldorn, Cabeça-de-touro, Ch’ilhoshíǫ Naakaibihosh, Common Devilthorn, Common Dubbeltjie, Croix de Malte
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Elsewhere, Iraq, India, Sudan, Lesotho, Spain, Kurdistan.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Head)
- Alterative
- Anemia
- Aperient
- Aphrodisiac
- Bright's Disease
- Cancer
- Carminative
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- Diuretic
- Dysuria
- Hepatitis
- Inflammation
- Lactogogue
- Potherb
- Psoriasis
- Refrigerant
- Scabies
- Skin
- Spermatorrhea
- Stomachic
- Stomatitis
- Tonic
- Urogenital
- Vertigo
- Astringent
- Congestion
- Gonorrhea
- Lung
- Rheumatism
- Abortifacient
- Apertif
- Bladder
- Chest
- Circulation
- Cough
- Digestive
- Leprosy
- Parturition
- Sore(Throat)
- Tumor(Nose)
- Vermifuge
- Calculus
- Eye
- Liver
- Neurasthenia
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Elsewhere
- Iraq
- India
- Sudan
- Lesotho
- Spain
- Kurdistan
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Head)
- Alterative
- Anemia
- Aperient
- Aphrodisiac
- Bright's Disease
- Cancer
- Carminative
- Diuretic
- Dysuria
- Hepatitis
- Inflammation
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- Lactogogue
- Potherb
- Psoriasis
- Refrigerant
- Scabies
- Skin
- Spermatorrhea
- Stomachic
- Stomatitis
- Tonic
- Urogenital
- Vertigo
- Astringent
- Congestion
- Gonorrhea
- Lung
- Rheumatism
- Abortifacient
- Apertif
- Bladder
- Chest
- Circulation
- Cough
- Digestive
- Leprosy
- Parturition
- Sore(Throat)
- Tumor(Nose)
- Vermifuge
- Calculus
- Eye
- Liver
- Neurasthenia
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- ASTRAGALIN
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CAMPESTEROL
- CHLOROGENIN
- DAUCOSTEROL
- DIOSGENIN
- DESOXYDIOSGENIN
- DIOSGIN
- FAT
- GITOGENIN
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- CRACILLIN
- HARMAN
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- HARMINE
- HECOGENIN
- IRON
- KAEMPFEROL
- KAEMPFEROL-3-BETA-D-(6'P-COUMAROYL)-GLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE
- NEOGITOGENIN
- NEOHECOGENIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- OLEIC-ACID
- OXALATES
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PHOSPHORUS
- PROTEIN
- PROTODIOSCIN
- RUSCOGENIN
- RUTIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- 25-D-SPIROSTA-3,5-DIENE
- STEARIC-ACID
- TERRESTROSIDE
- TRIBULOSIDE
- WATER
- QUERCETIN
- SAPONOSIDE-C
- STIGMASTEROL
- TRIBULOSIN
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- POTASSIUM
- FIBER
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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