Edgeworth & J.D. Hooker (in Flora of British India 1: 423. 1874) reported Tribulus
cistoides L. from Bengal and Western Peninsula. There are only 4 herbarium sheets of
this taxon, deposited in CAL, BSI and MH. These collections are from plants grown in
Botanic Garden, Howrah and probably introduced by W. Hamilton in 1799 from
America(Roxburgh, Hort. Beng. 33.
1814).
No one has reported its occurrence in wild in India.
No one has reported its occurrence in wild in India.
