FOIBIS

Species Details -
Ruta graveolens L.  

Accepted name: Ruta graveolens L.  
Synonym(s):
English names: Common Rue
Garden Rue
French names: Rue officinale
Classification: Kingdom:  Plantae
Divison:   Magnoliophyta
Class:   Magnoliopsida
Order:   Sapindales
Family:   Rutaceae
OPL Code: HRUTGR
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998)
Lifeform: 2
Lifecycle: P
Source database: FOIBIS, June 2005-2012
Floristic Affinities: -
Distribution: -
Ecosystem:
Microhabitat:
Ethnobotanical Notes: Decoction of top or leaves boiled into a syrup and taken for worms. Added to whiskey and taken for palsy. Used as poultice for gangrenous parts. Added to whiskey and taken for hysterics(*7)(3).
Key Characters: -

Species Codes
NRVIS ID
88004
General Status
ORNAMENTAL
OMNR Status
COSEWIC
SRANK
SNA
GRANK
G?
Med Flag
Bayer Codes
RUAGR
 


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