Ruta, commonly known as rue, is a genus of strongly-scented evergreen subshrubs.
Ruta may also refer to: __NOTOC__ People Last name Clemente Ruta (1668–1767), Italian painter Domenica Ruta, American author Enrico Ruta (1869–1939), Italian philosopher, sociologist and translator Jason Ruta (born 1979), Canadian television personality and actor Gilda Ruta (1856–1932), Italian pianist, music educator and composer Pietro Ruta (born 1987), Italian rower Vanessa Ruta, American neurobiologist
First name Ruta Gedmintas (born 1983), English actress Ruta Lealamanua (born 1974), New Zealand softball player Ruta Lee (born 1935), Canadian actress and dancer Ruta Šaca-Marjaša (1927–2016), Jewish Latvian lawyer, writer, poet and politician Ruta Sepetys (born 1967), Lithuanian-American writer of historical fiction
Places Ruta, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, a village in Poland Ruta, Lovrenc na Pohorju, a village in Slovenia
Fiction Divine Beast Vah Ruta, one of the key dungeons in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
See also Rūta, a Lithuanian and Latvian female given name Destinus RUTA, a series of small cruise missile