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'''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|Improves digestion strength}}, {{Uses|Amenorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Worm infestation}}, {{Uses|Giddiness}}.<ref name="Uses"/>

{{Common names|kn=haavu Haavu nanjina gida, naagadaali, sudabuNaagadaali|ml=arutaAruta, somarayamSomarayam|sa=guchhapatra, sadapaha, pitapushpa, vishapahaGuchhapatra, sarpadanshtaSadapaha|ta=arooda, arutaArooda, enneymuriyillaiAruta|te=arudu, sadapa, sadapakaArudu, sadapakuSadapa|hi=pismarum, sadabPismarum, satapSadab|en=Common Rue}}.<ref name="Common names"/>

{{Leaf|pinnatePinnate|alternateAlternate|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.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|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|Capsule|6-8 mm across|Capsules 4 or 5 lobed, 1 or 2 seeded|| seeds Seeds ca 2 mm long, angled, pitted and brown.}}

<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/06/23/common-rue-ruta-graveolens-uses-research/Uses]</ref>

* [http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Ruta+graveolensRuta graveolens on the ferns.info] * [https://easyayurveda.com/2015/06/23/common-rue-ruta-graveolens-uses-research/Ruta graveolens on easyayurveda.com]

[[Category:ShrubRutaceae]]