Ruta chalepensis (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
- Protologue: Mantissa: 69 (1767).
Synonyms
Ruta bracteosa DC. (1824).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: godong minggu (Javanese), daun inggu (Sundanese)
- Malaysia: aruda, sadal
- Vietnam: cửu l[ys] hương.
Distribution
R. chalepensis is native to the Mediterranean region and the Canary islands. Used for medicinal and culinary purposes since ancient times it has been introduced in the Near East and India; in South-East Asia it is cultivated as a potplant in Malaysia, and occasionally in Vietnam and in Java for medicinal purposes.
Uses
See under genus.
Observations
A perennial herb, woody at the base, 0.3-1.5 m tall; leaves spirally arranged, 2-3-pinnatisect, obovate to oblong-obovate in outline, 4-15 cm × 2-9 cm, ultimate segments obovate-lanceolate about 5-30 mm × 1.5-6 mm, conspicuously glaucous, crenate, translucent glandular punctate, strong smelling, lower leaves more or less petiolate; cyme, terminal or in the upper leaf axils, often combined into a corymb, bracts cordate-ovate, wider than the subtended branch, glabrous, rarely with a few minute glans above; flowers 4(-5)-merous, sepals deltate-ovate, 3-4 mm × 2-3 mm, glabrous, petals oblong, 4-8 mm long, fringed with cilia not as long as the width of the petal; capsule glabrous, segments acuminate. In South-East Asia only known in cultivation.
Selected sources
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- Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Revised reprint. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 1 (A-H) pp. 1-1240, Vol. 2 (I-Z) pp. 1241-2444.
215, 309, 407, 696, 786, 788, 945.
Authors
Rina R.P. Irwanto
