botanical record · discovered
Akgiritotu
Dictamnus albus
Akgiritotu · Burning Bush · Dittany · Gas Plant · Gazelotu · Aschwurz · Ağ alışan · Baltā diktamne · Bijeli jasenak · Běła drěwda · Dictam · Dictame blanc · Dictame blanc, Fraxinelle blanche · Diktamno · Diktamo · Diptam · Dittamo · Dyptam jesionolistny · Frassinella
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Spain, Turkey, China, Europe
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abortifacient, Amenorrhea, Diuretic, Fever
Science studied: BERGAPTEN, CHOLINE, CYANIDIN-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE, P-CYMOL
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Rutaceae
Scientific name: Dictamnus albus
Common names: Akgiritotu, Burning Bush, Dittany, Gas Plant, Gazelotu, Aschwurz, Ağ alışan, Baltā diktamne, Bijeli jasenak, Běła drěwda, Dictam, Dictame blanc, Dictame blanc, Fraxinelle blanche, Diktamno, Diktamo, Diptam, Dittamo, Dyptam jesionolistny, Frassinella
POWO: 772356-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Spain, Elsewhere, Turkey, China, Europe.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abortifacient
- Amenorrhea
- Diuretic
- Fever
- Impetigo
- Malaria
- Nervine
- Pectoral
show 13 more documented entries
- Puerperium
- Sedative
- Sudorific
- Tonic
- Antiseptic
- Eczema
- Carcinoma
- Emmenagogue
- Nerves
- Scabies
- Spasm
- Stomachic
- Vermifuge
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Spain
- Elsewhere
- Turkey
- China
- Europe
Documented cultural uses
- Abortifacient
- Amenorrhea
- Diuretic
- Fever
- Impetigo
- Malaria
- Nervine
- Pectoral
- Puerperium
- Sedative
- Sudorific
- Tonic
show 9 more documented entries
- Antiseptic
- Eczema
- Carcinoma
- Emmenagogue
- Nerves
- Scabies
- Spasm
- Stomachic
- Vermifuge
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Abortifacient · Spain · "
- Amenorrhea · Elsewhere · "
- Diuretic · Turkey · "
- Fever · Turkey · "
- Fever · China · "
- Impetigo · China · "
- Malaria · Elsewhere · "
- Nervine · Turkey · "
- Pectoral · Turkey · "
- Puerperium · China · "
- Sedative · China · "
- Sudorific · Turkey · "
- Tonic · Turkey · "
- Antiseptic · China · "
- Eczema · China · "
- Pectoral · China · "
- Carcinoma · Europe · "
- Emmenagogue · Turkey · "
- Nerves · Elsewhere · "
- Scabies · China · "
- Spasm · Turkey · "
- Stomachic · Turkey · "
- Tonic · China · "
- Vermifuge · Turkey · "
1 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- BERGAPTEN
- CHOLINE
- CYANIDIN-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
- P-CYMOL
- DICTAMNINE
- DICTAMNOLACTONE
- DICTAMNOLIDE
- DIOSMIN
- EO
- FRAXINELLONE
- ISODICTAMNINE
- ISOMACULOSIDINE
- LIMONIN
- METHYL-CHAVICOL
- MYRICETIN
- OBACULACTONE
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- PHENOLCARBONIC-ACID
- PRESKIMMIANINE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SKIMMIANINE
- XANTHOTOXIN
- RUTIN
- TRIGONELLINE
- ANETHOL
- AURAPTEN
- CINEOLE
- DELPHINIDIN-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- MYRCENE
- OBACUNONE
- SAPONIN
- PSORALEN
- (E)-ANETHOL
- (Z)-ANETHOL
- CARVACROL
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- DICTAGYMNIN
- ESTRAGOLE
- (Z)-3-HEXENYL-ACETATE
- LINALOL
- NONANAL
- (E)-BETA-OCIMENE
- (Z)-BETA-OCIMENE
- BETA-PINENE
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- TERPINOLENE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- FENICULIN
- LINONENE
- PREGEIJERENE
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- GAMMA-FAGARINE
- CAMPHENE
- LIMONENE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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