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TRIBULUS
(
G
)
Dubbeltjedoring (
Le
)
Family:
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
tri-, = three times, thrice;
tribolos, = three-pointed, three-pronged.
(spines of the fruit)
(
LS
,
Le
)
Tribulus terrestris
(
La
)
Drie-doring Dubbeltjie, Devil's Thorn (
PS
)
Location: (
F
)
terrestris, = of or belonging to the earth or to the land, earth-, land-, terrestial.
(growing on the ground or soil, as opposed to rocks or trees)
(
ld
,
BL
)