3978.000 Tribulus L.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs sometimes with a woody base. Leaves opposite, paripinnate, one of each pair usually larger than the other. Leaflets opposite, entire, slightly asymmetrical. Flowers solitary, axillary. Petals yellow. Ovary 5-lobed, densely stiffly hairy. Fruit breaking up into 5 cocci, each coccus tuberculate on the back, spiny, 1-5-seeded.

Worldwide: 25 species in tropical and warm areas, especially dry parts of Africa

Caprivi: 2 taxa.

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Species	Content
terrestris L.	Description, Image
zeyheri Sond. subsp. zeyheri	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Tribulus
Flora of Burundi: Tribulus
Flora of the DRC: Tribulus
Flora of Malawi: Tribulus
Flora of Mozambique: Tribulus
Flora of Rwanda: Tribulus
Flora of Zambia: Tribulus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Tribulus

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tribulus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tribulus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tribulus
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iNaturalist: Tribulus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tribulus
JSTOR Plant Science: Tribulus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tribulus
Plants of the World Online: Tribulus
Tropicos: Tribulus
Wikipedia: Tribulus