Ruta graveolens(English)
Common Rue
Scientific Name: Ruta graveolensFamily: RutaceaeLocal Names:അരൂത,നാഗത്താലി,Common Rue, Garden RueHabit: ShrubHabitat: Cultivated. Importance: A mild poisonous plants with medicinal property.Leaves having fragrance smell of treated coconut oil on squeezing. . Economic Importance: . Rue is also grown as an ornamental plant, both as a low hedge and so the leaves can be used in nosegays.In South India, rue is recommended for home gardens to repel snakes (however the effectiveness is unknown).Rue is also a common ingredient in witchcraft and spell making. During the Middle Ages it was a symbol of recognition between witches. The Catholic Church also used a branch of rue to sprinkle holy water on its followers: during this time it was known as the "herb of grace." Hasidic Jews also were taught that rue should be placed into amulets to protect them from epidemics and plagues
Use: The oil extracted from the leaves having medicinal property.The juice extracted from the plant is used for the treatment of epilepsy , fever, difficulty in inhalation,dysentery, stomach ache.it is believed that on hanging leaves around neck will effective for epilepsy and eye diseases. dried leaf granules are also used along with tender panickle of cardamom,nutmeg and clove for the treatment of indigestion. Poison: Resin from the plant will affect liver,and and capable of DNA mutation.Over dos causes sever vomiting and stomach ache.On the contact with the resin and oil in the body under sunlight causing sun burn .
Scientific Name: Ruta graveolens
Family: Rutaceae
Local Names:അരൂത,നാഗത്താലി,Common Rue, Garden Rue
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Cultivated.
Importance: A mild poisonous plants with medicinal property.Leaves having fragrance smell of treated coconut oil on squeezing.
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Economic Importance:
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Rue is also grown as an ornamental plant, both as a low hedge and so the leaves can be used in nosegays.
In South India, rue is recommended for home gardens to repel snakes (however the effectiveness is unknown).Rue is also a common ingredient in witchcraft and spell making. During the Middle Ages it was a symbol of recognition between witches. The Catholic Church also used a branch of rue to sprinkle holy water on its followers: during this time it was known as the "herb of grace." Hasidic Jews also were taught that rue should be placed into amulets to protect them from epidemics and plagues
Use: The oil extracted from the leaves having medicinal property.The juice extracted from the plant is used for the treatment of epilepsy , fever, difficulty in inhalation,dysentery, stomach ache.it is believed that on hanging leaves around neck will effective for epilepsy and eye diseases. dried leaf granules are also used along with tender panickle of cardamom,nutmeg and clove for the treatment of indigestion.
Poison: Resin from the plant will affect liver,and and capable of DNA mutation.Over dos causes sever vomiting and stomach ache.
On the contact with the resin and oil in the body under sunlight causing sun burn .
Kerala Forest and Wildlife Dept.Research Unit, Peermade
Kerala Forest and Wildlife Dept.
Research Unit, Peermade