Name: Hygrophila spinosa.
English: Caltrop.
Names: Ikshugandha; bindii; Bullhead; Burra gokharu; Caltrop; cat’s head; devil’s eyelashes; devil’s thorn; devil’s weed; goathead; puncturevine; tackweed.
Sanskrit: gokshura, sarrata.
Region: southern Asia, southern Europe, Africa, and Northern Australia
Content: harman; norharman; polyphenols; coumaroylquinic acids.
Habitat: warm temperatures.
Source: Ghose.
Use: Aurveda, TCM.
BotanyShrub, thorns.