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Sanskrit Name : Gokshura Latin Name : Tribulus terrestris Tribulusm = having three sides Terestris = of the ground Habitat : All over India,specially North and South India Morphology : (i)T.terrestris - A small,prostrate,hirsute or silky hairy herb. Leaves-stipulate,opposite,usually unequal,pinnate;leaflets 5-8 pairs,oblong,mucronate.Flowers - solitary,axillary or leaf-opposed,yellow or white. Fruits - globose,hairy,5-angled,spinous with 2 long and 2 short spines on each cocci.Seeds - obliquely pendulous,many ,contain scented oil. Flowers and Fruits during April-September.
(ii) P.murex - A glabrous annual herb.Leaves - opposite or alternate,petioled irregularly toothed or almost lobed. Flowers - solitary,auxillary,with 2 glands at the base.Calyx small 5-partite.Corolla yellow.Stamens 4,included,Ovary 2-called.
Indicative Price
Gokshur's Raw Herb - Rs.1,200
Gokshur's Powder - Rs.1,480
Gokshur's Oil - Rs.2,400
Gokshur's Extract - Rs.3,600
Varieties & Adulterants - It has two varieties
1) Pedalium murex - Bruhat gokshura
2) T.terrestris - Laghu Gokshura.