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Tribulus terrestris

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Name

Identification
Tribulus terrestris L. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE ]
Related name
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Flora

Entry for TRIBULUS terrestris L. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
TRIBULUS terrestris L. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1753).
TRIBULUS terrestris Chiov. var. nogalensis [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], Fl. Somala: 117 (1929);. type: N2, “Golòl”, Puccioni & Stefanini 954 (FT holo.).
Information
Pubescent to villous annual. Leaves 2–6 cm long; leaflets 5–8 pairs, oblong to lanceolate, usually 4–18 x 1.5–5 mm; stipules linear to lanceolate, up to 8 mm long. Pedicel 5–10 mm long. Sepals linear-lanceolate, 3–6 mm long. Petals yellow, 4–8 mm long. Stamens 8–10; filaments up to 3 mm long. Style very short or absent; stigma ± pyramidal, c. 1 mm long. Fruit disc-shaped; pedicel c. 10 mm long; mericarps 4–5 x 2–3 mm, with 2 pairs of spines.
Range
N1, 3; C1; S1–3 tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world.
Altitude range
10–1350 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Wood S/72/37; Hemming 2362.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Notes
Gocondho, kaxar (Som.). This seems to intergrade completely with T. cistoides in Somalia, and the whole complex is in need of further study.

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