Tribulus Terrestris

Botanical Names:-Tribulus terrestris

Common name: Puncture Vine, Caltrop, Yellow Vine, Goathead Assamese: gokshura Bengali:gokshura Gujarati: betha gokharu, gokharu, mitha gokharu Hindi: gokhuru Kachchhi: ekanti, mitha gokharu Kannada:neggilu, nerigilu, sanna neggilu Konkani: negalmullu Malayalam:cheriya-neringil, nerungil, vayalchchulli Marathi: gokharu, kate gokharu,gokshura, lahan gokharu, saranta Nepali: gokhur Odia: byala nakhagokhura,gokshura, kantkaphala, palankasha,hardanga,srungatka, swadamshtra, swadu kantaka, trikanta Punjabi: gokharu, lotak, pakra, phangra Rajasthani: chota gokharu, gokharu Sanskrit:ashvadanshtra, bahukantaka, chaladruma, chanadruma, chitrakantaka, gokhura, gokshura, padanyasa, shvadanshtraka, sthalashrngata, svadukantaka

Tribulus is mentioned in ancient Indian Ayurvedic medical texts dating back thousands of years. Tribulus has been widely used in the Ayurvedic system of medicine for the treatment of sexual dysfunction and various urinary disorders. The Greeks used Tribulus Terrestris as a diuretic.