Pismaram / Herb Of Grace
Ruta chalepensis
Also known as Rue, Garden Rue, Common Rue
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- January-October
How to identify Pismaram
Identify Pismaram by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm fruit type: Capsule.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Rutaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pismaram.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ruta chalepensis
- Genus
- Ruta
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Native to
- Mediterranean region
- Distribution
- Mediterranean regions, Atlantic Islands and Southern Europe, India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pismaram itself; the rest are typical of the Rutaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded“The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers, each with four or five bright yellow petals with rolled, fringed edges.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pismaram itself; the rest are typical of the Rutaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- pismaram
- Tamil
- aruvada, aruvadam
- Kannada
- ಹಾವುನಂಜಿನಗಿಡ Haavunanjina gida, ಹಾವುನಂಜು Haavunanju, ನಾಗದಾಳಿ Naagadaali
- Malayalam
- aruta, nagatali, അരൂത
- Marathi
- sathaapa
About Pismaram
A member of the Rutaceae family, Herb of grace (Ruta chalepensis) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. Flowering and fruiting run from January to October.
Rutaceae
Citrus/Rue family
Pismaram belongs to the Rutaceae family.
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