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Acoraceae

W/C = Wild Collected
Acorus calamus L.

  • Common Name: Sweet Flag
  • Family: Acoraceae J.G. Agardh

  • Country of Origin: Europe, Asia, North America
  • Habitat: stream banks & marshes

  • Description: Hardy perennial herb of marshy places, to 6 feet tall, aromatic, rhizome stout, pinkish; leaves to 3/4 inch wide, with a prominent midrib; spadix stout, to 4 inches long.

    The genus Acorus is considered to be the most primitive extant monocot.

  • Uses: The source of medicinal Calamus and has other uses

    Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, insomnia, insanity, other mental diseases, epilepsy, mania, stomatitis, hoarseness of voice, colic, flatulence, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, neuropathy, renal calculi, cough, inflammation, arthritis, kidney diseases, hemorrhoids, skin diseases and general debility.3

    Useful part: Underground rhizomes.

  • USDA Zone: 3-10
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199700056
  • Source: Don Les
  • Accession Date: 08-05-1997
  • Bench: 2316 - Equisetum
  • Qty: 3 confirmed on 07-15-2011
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Acorales
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  • Family: Acoraceae
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References:

  1. Plants For A Future Website
  2. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortoriumm, 1976
  3. Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants

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