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Ruta chalepensis
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Ruta chalepensis L., Mant. Pl. 1:69.1767; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 60. 1982; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4:363. 1997; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 609. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 160. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 200. 2009.
Ruta graveolens L. var. angustifolia Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 485. 1875, non Ruta angustifolia Pers. 1805.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Arootha, Nagathali, Sathappu, Somarayal
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Herb of grace, Rue, Garden rue, Common rue
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Description:
Erect herbs to shrubs, strong smelling; stem more or less angled. Leaves alternate, pyramidal or oblong, 3-8 cm long; leaflets subsessile, obovate or elliptic, entire or obscurely crenate at margin, obtuse at apex. Inflorescences dichasial, 6-12 cm across; bracts leafy, lanceolate, narrow at base, entire or crenate, acuminate, 5-7.5 x 2-2.5 mm; pedicels ca 8-10 mm long, glabrous. Flowers 8-10 mm across. Sepals 4, ovate, entire or crenate, ca 4 x 2 mm, green. Petals 4, spatulate, fimbriate, hooded at apex, ca 6 x 4 mm, yellow. Stamens 8 or 10; filaments linear, 5.5-7 mm long, glabrous; anthers ovoid and dorsifixed. Disc 8-10 lobed, ca 1 x 4 mm. Ovary subglobose; carpels 4 or 5, free to middle; ovules 2 or 3 in each locule, collateral; style ca 3.5 mm long; stigma capitate, lobed. Capsules 4 or 5 lobed, 6-8 mm across, 1 or 2 seeded; seeds ca 2 mm long, angled, pitted and brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-August
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Mediterranean regions, Atlantic Islands and South Europe
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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