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Rh The juice of the leaves is an effectual insecticide and a valuable application in scabies, if rubbed well and frequently over the affected parts (Moodeen Sheriff).

Useful in chronic rheumatism and asthma (Dr. Houston in Watt's Dictionary).

 

Syn. : — T. lanuginosus, Linn.

Habitat: — Throughout India; the warmer countries Ceylon. Throughout the globe.

Sans. : — Gokshur, Gokantak, Laghu Gokshur, Ikshugandha.

Vern : — Gokshri, hussak (H.) ; Gokhru (B.) ; Trikundree (Sind); Bhakhra(Pb.); Kânte Ghokrú (Dec); Sarâte (M.) Nerunji (Tam.); Palleru-mullu (Tel.) Nerinnil (Mal.) ; Lahna gokroo (Bomb.)

Vern. Trimen : — (Sinhalese) Sembu-Nerinchi ; (Tamil) Chira-nerinchi ;

J. Indraji : — (Porebunder and Guj.) Mithâ Gokhru, bethâ gokhru, Nahana Gokhru, Gokhru ; (Hindi) Chhota Gokhru :

Annual or perennial, with numerous long, prostrate, more or less hairy or hispid branchlets ; " herbs hirsute or silky hairy," as Edgeworth and Hooker say. Common in sandy ground. Branches 1-2ft. Leaves opposite. The pair usually unequal ; pinnate, with 3-6 pair of opposite, usually sessile leaflets. Leaflets ¼-½in., 5-7 pair, subequal, mucronate, oblong, white and silky beneath, slightly silky above. Stipules lanceolate, acute ; peduncles shorter than the leaves, slender. Flowers bright yellow, ½-¾in. diam., solitary, axillary, or leaf-opposed. Sepals linear, acute. Petals rounded, longer than sepals, fugacious. Ovary bristly ; style stout, short. Fruit of (usually) 5, hairy or nearly glabrous, woody cocci, each with 2 pair of stiff sharp spines, forming a more or less spherical, spiny ball. 