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Herba Pegani harmalae
Definition
Herba Pegani harmalae consists of the dried aerial parts of Peganum harmala
L. (Zygophyllaceae), collected during the flowering season (1–3).
The seeds of P. harmala are used in traditional medicine (4–6).
Synonyms
Peganum multisectum Maxim. (1).
Selected vernacular names
Adrashman, African rue, armel, aspand, bender tiffin en tamachek, besasa,
bizr el hharmel, churma, epnubu, esfand, espand, gandaku, garmala
ob’knovennaya, gemeine syrische Raute, ghalqat edh dhi’b, haoma, harale,
harilik peeganum, harmal, harmala, harmale, harmalkraut, harmal rutbab,
harmel, harmel sahari, harmara, harmaro, hermal, hermale, hermel,
Hermelkraut, hermelraute, hharmal, hom, hormol, hurmaro, hurmul,
hurmur, hurmuro, isband, isbaend-lahouri, isirik, isiriq, isbendlahouri,
ispand, ispand lahouri, ispanthan, ispun, kaladana, khokrana, kisankur,
lahouri-hurmul, l’harmel, mahmur çiç, mariamsakmela, mogilnik, moly,
mountain rue, pégane, pegano, peganum, rue, rue sauvage, rue verte, sadhab
barri, sadhâb barrí, sarmala, sauvage, shimai-aravandi-virati, shimaiazha-vanai-virai,
simagoranta, simaiyalavinai, sima-goronti, sime-goranti,
sipand, spail-anai, spand, spanda, spanj, spélanè, steppenraute, Syrian rue,
syrische Raute, ruin weed, ruta della siria, ruta salvatica, sipend, spand,
stepnaya ruta, techepak, tukhum-i-isfand, turetskaya kraska, uzarih,
vilayati-isband, vilayati-mhendi, wild raute, wild rue, üzerlik otu (7–21).
Geographical distribution
Native to the Middle East, North Africa and southern Europe, Herba
Pegani Harmalae is naturalized in other subtropical regions, including
Australia. In the Newly Independent States, it grows in Central Asia, and
also in the Caucasus (5, 14, 19, 22).
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