Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants

Arutha     അരൂത

Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Ruta
Botanical name: Ruta chalepensis Linn, Ruta graveolens Linn
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Gucchapatra, Peetapushpa, Vishapaha
English: Common rue, Garden rue
Hindi: Satap, Pisamaram
Malayalam: Aroota, Nagatali, Satap

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Ruta chalepensis is a species of flowering plant in the citrus family known by the common name fringed rue. It is native to Eurasia and North Africa. It has been found elsewhere as an introduced species. It is a perennial herb growing up to 80 centimetres tall. The leaves are compound, each divided into several segments which are subdivided into smaller leaflets. The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers, each with four or five bright yellow petals with rolled, fringed edges. The fruit is a textured capsule which is divided into pointed lobes.
The whole plant of Aroota is used vata, kapha, epilepsy, insanity and fever.