Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ruta graveolens L. [Rutaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arooda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arruda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
arud	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
arudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruvada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aruvadam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
aruvadan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruvata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arvada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
arvata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avw grace	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
barg-e-sudab	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
barg-e-suddab	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
blue rue	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
brahmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
burg sudab	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
burg-i-sudab	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantiravallari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catamurkkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catamurkkan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catamurkkappuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catapalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catappilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catappilaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catappuyilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chou cao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chòu cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chòu ài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cimaiccatappilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citeviputpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
comalatai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common rue	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
countryman s-treacle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
countryman’s treacle	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
cupika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cupikappuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
enneymuriyilaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
enneymuriyillai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ermul	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
fejan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fidjel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garden rue	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
german rue	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
golong minggu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
guchhapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
haavu nanjina gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
havunanjina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
havunanjinagida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
havunanju	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
herb of grace	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
herb-of-grace	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ilemporukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ispand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ispund	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jīng jiè qī	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kallampitacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kallampitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keman jolok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kenturam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
macci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maccikappuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maccitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maycci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mrijou	Other	Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
naagadaali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naagdali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagadali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pambugolli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
pampukolli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pismarum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
pitapushapa	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
pitapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raute	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
ruda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peru (Revene et al., 2008) Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
ruda común	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ruda de monte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rue	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
rue foetide	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
rue fétide	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rue officinale	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rue oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
ruta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ruta graveolens	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
rutae folium	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rutae herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sadaapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadaashoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadab	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sadabu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadal	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sadaoaha	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sadapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sadapaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadapaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadapaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarpadanshta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
satap	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
satapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
satari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
satri	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sedefotu ciceği	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
seeme saddapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shivaddali soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitaba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitabha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sodab	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
sodāb	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
soma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
somalata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
somarayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
somarayen	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sudaab	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sudab	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sudab (burg-e-sudab)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sudabu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sudabugida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sudah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suddaab	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
suddhapuaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
the bitter herb rue	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tukhm sudab	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
unhyang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
uparpavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uparpavapputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vinruta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vishapaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
waraq-us-sudab	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
weinraute	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
xiǎo xiāng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yun xiang	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yún xiāng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
سداب	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
小香草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
臭艾	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
臭草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芸香	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
荊芥七	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蕓香	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Stem, leaf, flower		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
whole plant flowerie		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Leaf		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
branches		Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
aerial parts		Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
herb, leaves	juice, oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
blossoming plants	fresh blossoming plants	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
whole plant		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
whole plant	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
leaf	dried leaves	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
whole plant	vegetal drug, essential oil	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
aerial parts		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
upper aerial parts	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Fruit (Seed), Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ruta altera Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Ruta ciliata Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 5 (1768).
Ruta crithmifolia Moric. ex DC. Prodr. 1: 710 (1824).
Ruta divaricata Ten. Fl. Napol. 1(Prodr.): XXIV (1811).
Ruta diversifolia Wender. Schriften Ges. Beförd. Gesammten Naturwiss. Marburg 2: 251 (1831).
Ruta graveolens var. crithmifolia (Moric. ex DC.) Bartl. in F.G.Bartling & H.L.Wendland, Beitr. Bot. 2: 69 (1825).
Ruta graveolens subsp. divaricata (Ten.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 630 (1936).
Ruta graveolens var. divaricata (Ten.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 107 (1866).
Ruta graveolens subsp. hortensis (Mill.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 630 (1936).
Ruta graveolens var. macrophylla (Sol.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 107 (1866).
Ruta graveolens f. variegata (Weston) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 278 (1903).
Ruta graveolens var. variegata Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 259 (1770).
Ruta graveolens var. vulgaris Alef. Landw. Fl.: 106 (1866), not validly publ.
Ruta holopetala Kitt. Taschenb. Fl. Deutschl., ed. 2: 754 (1844).
Ruta hortensis Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768).
Ruta intermedia Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 488 (1841), not validly publ.
Ruta macrophylla Sol. Bot. Mag. 45: t. 2018 (1818).
Ruta officinalis Pall. Reise Südl. Statthaltersch. Russ. Reich. 2: 80 (1801).
Ruta subtripinnata Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 21 (1867).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ruta graveolens	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Ruta graveolens L.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Peru (Revene et al., 2008) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ruta graveolens Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Ruta guaveolens L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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