The lozenge plants (Rutaceae) are a species-rich plant family. To it about 150 kinds with 900 kinds belong. These are predominantly trees or bushes, more rarely also herbs. All belong among other things also here.

Characteristics

Most of these plants contain ethereal oils. The sheets are different from plant to plant: evergreen or sloping, change or against-constantly. The blooms are small to medium sized, more rarely also something zygomorph, with intrastaminalem Diskus and double Perianth.

Occurrence

The most kinds and kinds occur in the subtropics and the Tropics. Only few kinds settle the northern moderate zones.

Use

Many plants can be used because of the contained oils as medicinal plants, among them Citrus aurantium ssp. aurantium (Arantii pericapium - Pomeranzenschale), Pilocarpus spec. (Jaborandi folium -

As useful plants Citrus are suitable limon (lemon), further Citrus spec. (Oranges, grapefruits, Mandarinen, Clementinen etc.) and the Kumquat plants.

Kinds

with some exemplary kinds:

• Acronychia
• Aegle - Bengali Quitte or Bael (Aegle marmelos)
• Agathosma - Buchu, Bucco or smell lozenge (Agathosma betulina)
• Amyris - Sandelholz (Amyris balsamifera)
• Boronia
• Casimiroa - white Sapote (Casimiroa edulis)
• Choisya - orange flower (Choisya ternata)
• x Citrofortunella - Calamondin (Citrofortunella microcarpa)
• Citrandarin
• Zitruspflanzen (Citrus) (lemon, Limette, orange etc.)
• Clausena - horse wood tree (Clausena anisata)
• Cneoridium
• Correa
• Cusparia
• Diptam (Dictamnus) - with only one kind, the Diptam (Dictamnus albus)
• Eremocitrus - Australian (Eremocitrus glauca)
• Esenbeckia - Brazilian Buchsbaum (Esenbeckia leiocarpa)
• Flindersia - Flindersia amboina (Flindersia amboinensis)
• Flindersia - Flindersia australis (Flindersia australis)
• Kumquatpflanzen (Fortunella) - Kumquat
• Galipea - Angosturabaum (Galipea officinalis), see also: Angostura
• Glycosmis
• Helietta
• Limonia - wood apple (Limonia acidissima)
• Melicope - cork wood tree (Melicope elleryana)
• Microcitrus
• Murraya - Curryblatt (Murraya koenigii)
• Phellodendron - Amur Korkbaum (Phellodendron amurense)
• Platydesma
• Pilocarpus - Jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatiflorius)
• Poncirus - three-blade bitter orange (Poncirus trifoliata)
• Ptelea - hop bush (Ptelea trifoliata)
• Ravenia
• Lozenges (Ruta) - wine lozenge
• Severinia - Chinese book orange (Severinia buxifolia)
• Thamnosma
• Triphasia
• Zanthoxylum - Szechuanpfeffer (Zanthoxylum piperitum)

Related links

• Plants of the family Rutaceae
• Rutaceae, some fruits and kinds

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