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Taxon:  Ruta graveolens L.



Summary
Genus:
Ruta
Family:
Rutaceae
Subfamily:
Rutoideae
Nomen number:
32578
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:383. 1753
Verified:
05/20/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
10 (10  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976-
  3. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource). http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
  4. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998
  5. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  6. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  7. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  8. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 Note: Kampong Publications
  9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Ruta+graveolens&quantity=1
  10. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  11. Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). 1977-1982
  12. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  13. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
  14. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  15. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  16. Matthew, K. M. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. 1983
  17. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  18. Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:127.
  19. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  20. Reitz, R., ed. Flora ilustrada catarinense. 1965-
  21. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  22. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  23. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
Common names
English
common rue –
rue –
French
rue fétide –
rue officinale –
German
Weinraute –
Portuguese
arruda –
Spanish
ruda –
ruda de monte –
Swedish
vinruta –
Transcribed Korean
unhyang –
Transliterated Russian
ruta –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraineKrym 
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAfrica Africa  
4NaturalizedEurope Europe s. & c.
Native
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • REGION: Africa
Europe
  • REGION: Europe (s. & c.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Food additives
flavoring (fide Ency CNatIn; Food Feed Crops US) –
Materials
essential oils (fide Food Feed Crops US) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (common cause of photodermatitis fide Cooper & Johnson ed2) –


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