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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Ruta graveolens

Common Name
Rue; Godong mungu; Yun Hsiang Ts'Ao; Bahce Sedefotu; Ruta; Henruda; Rue Fetide; Ruda; Sadal; Aruda; Ubat atal

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Elsewhere *
Abortifacient Elsewhere *
Abortifacient Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Abortifacient Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Abortifacient US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Abortifacient Mediterranean Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Acaricide Java *
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere *
Ache(Head) Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Ache(Tooth) China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Amenorrhea Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Amenorrhea Elsewhere *
Amenorrhea Elsewhere *
Anaphrodisiac Java *
Anaphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Antidote China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antifertility Paraguay *
Apertif Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Arthritis Elsewhere *