Freshwater
Calamus
Acorus calamus
Acoraceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
Found only hereIntroduced
Lives wild in Kazakhstan.
Introduced to Albania, Andaman Is., Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, and 36 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Acorus calamus (also called sweet flag, sway or muskrat root, among many other common names) is a species of flowering plant. It is a tall wetland monocot of the family Acoraceae, in the genus Acorus. Although used in traditional medicine over centuries to treat digestive disorders and pain, it has no clinical evidence of safety or efficacy and may be toxic if ingested, and so has been commercially banned for use in food in the United States.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Acorus angustatus
- Acorus angustifolius
- Acorus belangeri
- Acorus calamus-aromaticus
- Acorus casia
- Acorus commersonii
In other languages
- Kalmusrot
- Kalmus, Kalmusrot
- Kalmus
- Rohtokalmojuuri
- Beewort, Calamus root, Calamus-root, Flag root, Muskrat root, Pine root, Rat root, Sweet calomel, Sweet cane, Sweet flag, Sweet myrtle, Sweet rush, Sweet sedge, Sweet-flag, Sweetflag
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