Ruta

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Ruta' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/ruta/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

Family

  • Rutaceae

Common Names

  • Rue

Species in genus

Glossary

inflorescence
Flower-bearing part of a plant; arrangement of flowers on the floral axis.
ovary
Lowest part of the carpel containing the ovules; later developing into the fruit.
capsule
Dry dehiscent fruit; formed from syncarpous ovary.
included
(botanical) Contained within another part or organ.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Ruta' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/ruta/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

A small genus of aromatic subshrubs, ranging from the Canary Islands through the Mediterranean region to the Caucasus, with pinnately dissected leaves. Inflorescence cymose, terminal. Flowers yellowish, tetramerous (the terminal flower usually pentamerous). Petals spoon-shaped. Ovary inserted on a raised disk. Fruit a lobed capsule. The closely related Haplophyllum (not treated in this work) has more numerous species, mainly in the E. Mediterranean and Central Asia; it is often included in Ruta as a subgenus.