Pengum Harmala Peganum harmala, commonly called wild rue,[1] Syrian rue,[1] African rue,[1] esfand,[2] or harmel,[1] (among other similar pronunciations and spellings), 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 […]