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Ruta graveolens - Sitaba
'Sitaba is an evergreen shrub that can grow up to 0.50 metres tall. It has edible, medicinal and miscellaneous uses. All parts of this plant are poisonous in large quantities. It should not be used at all by pregnant women since it can induce abortions. The sap contains furanocoumarins, sensitizing the skin to light and causing blistering or dermatitis in sensitive people.
Uses
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | haavu nanjina gida, naagadaali, sudabu |
| Hindi | pismarum, sadab, satap |
| Malayalam | aruta, somarayam |
| Tamil | arooda, aruta, enneymuriyillai |
| Telugu | arudu, sadapa, sadapaka, sadapaku |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | guchhapatra, sadapaha, pitapushpa, vishapaha, sarpadanshta |
| English | Common Rue |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Tikta (Bitter)
Guna
Laghu (Light), Teekshna (Strong)
Veerya
Ushna (Hot)
Vipaka
Katu (Pungent)
Karma
Pitta
Prabhava
Habit
{{Habit|Shrub}
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| pinnate | alternate | Leaves strong smelling, alternate, pyramidal or oblong, 3-8 cm long; leaflets subsessile, obovate or elliptic, entire or obscurely crenate at margin, obtuse at apex. |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisexual | Inflorescences dichasial | Yellow | 8-10 | 6-12 cm across; bracts leafy, lanceolate, narrow at base, entire or crenate, acuminate, 5-7.5 x 2-2.5 mm; pedicels ca 8-10 mm long, glabrous. Flowers 8-10 mm across. Sepals 4, ovate, entire or crenate, ca 4 x 2 mm, green. Petals 4, spatulate, fimbriate, hooded at apex, ca 6 x 4 mm, yellow. Stamens 8 or 10; filaments linear, 5.5-7 mm long, glabrous; anthers ovoid and dorsifixed. Disc 8-10 lobed, ca 1 x 4 mm. Ovary subglobose; carpels 4 or 5, free to middle; ovules 2 or 3 in each locule, collateral; style ca 3.5 mm long; stigma capitate, lobed. |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capsule | 6-8 mm across | Capsules 4 or 5 lobed, 1 or 2 seeded | seeds ca 2 mm long, angled, pitted and brown. | {{{6}}} |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Season to grow
Soil type
Propagation
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
References
External Links
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