Ruta L.

Rue (en), Rue (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae

Characteristics

Fls perfect; sep and pet each 4 or 5; stamens 8 or 10; ovary 4-or 5-locular and-lobed, with several axile ovules in each locule; style 1; fr a lobate loculicidal capsule; perennial herbs or half-shrubs, strongly glandular-punctate and heavily scented, with alternate, simple to bipinnatifid lvs and small fls in ample paniculiform cymes, terminal and from the upper axils. 60, Eurasia and N. Afr.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Emmenagogue (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
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Images

Ruta unspecified picture

Distribution

Ruta world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:35941-1
WFO ID wfo-4000033661
COL ID 7B84
BDTFX ID 87137
INPN ID 197295
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Ruta

Lower taxons

Ruta oreojasme Ruta pinnata Ruta corsica Ruta microcarpa Ruta lindsayi Ruta lamarmorae Ruta montana Ruta angustifolia Ruta chalepensis Ruta graveolens