page_title: Peganum harmala
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Peganum harmala / Description
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch&#x3a;&#32; Peganum harmala, Steppenraute, samenEnglish&#x3a;&#32; Peganum harmala, Esfand, seedsFrançais&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Peganum harmala, harmal, graines
context_page_description: Peganum harmala, commonly called wild rue, Syrian rue, African rue, esfand, or harmel, is a perennial, herbaceous plant, with a woody underground root-stock, of the family Nitrariaceae, usually growing in saline soils in temperate desert and Mediterranean regions. Its common English-language name came about because of a resemblance to rue. Because eating it can cause livestock to sicken or die, it is considered a noxious weed in a number of countries. It has become an invasive species in some regions of the western United States. The plant is popular in Middle Eastern and north African folk medicine. The alkaloids contained in the plant, including the seeds, are hallucinogenic, possibly due to a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, thus it is sold in the West for recreational drug use.
caption: Peganum harmala – MHNT
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