WorldFloraDB - Ruta chalepensis

Characteristics

It is like rue, Ruta graveolens, but is a more green and lax plant. It grows 70 cm tall. The flowers are smaller and the petals are bright yellow. They have a fringe of long hairs. The capsule has pointed lobes.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

barochory

Mature width (meter)

0.5 - 1.0

Mature height (meter)

0.7 - 0.8

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in dry rocky places. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,200 m above sea level.

More

Rocky places, woods, dry banks and thickets, usually on limestone.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The aerial parts are used to flavour liqueurs. The leaves are used to flavour salads and stews. They are added to lamb and beef sausages. They are also used in omelettes. The leaves are used for herbal tea.

Uses	environmental use essential oil food food additive material medicinal non-vertebrate poison poison social use tea vertebrate poison
Edible	leaves
Therapeutic use	Antipyretics (aerial part), Edema (aerial part), Granuloma (aerial part), Ear Medicine (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Earache (leaf), Toothache (leaf), Cough Medicine (unspecified), Gastrointestinal Aid (unspecified), Orthopedic Aid (unspecified), Abortifacient (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Eye (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Abortifacient agents (unspecified), Amenorrhea (unspecified), Anticonvulsants (unspecified), Antipyretics (unspecified), Aphrodisiacs (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Common cold (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Epilepsy (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Flatulence (unspecified), Hysteria (unspecified), Laxatives (unspecified), Menstruation-inducing agents (unspecified), Oxytocics (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (unspecified), Urination disorders (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°)	15 - 18
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-