High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tribulus terrestris is a flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Old World in southern Europe, southern Asia, throughout Africa, and Australia. It can thrive even in desert climates and poor soil. Like many weedy species, this plant has many common names, including bindii,bullhead,burra gokharu, caltrop,cat`s head,devil`s eyelashes,devil`s thorn,devil`s weed,goathead,puncturevine, and tackweed.