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Acorus calamus

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Acorus calamus

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Also known as Acorus roseau, calamus, flag root, myrtle flag, myrtle grass, sweet calamus, sweet-flag, sweetroot

species of plant

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*Acorus calamus*, commonly known as sweet flag, Kalmus, or Eurasian Sweet-Flag, is a species of herbaceous, perennial plant in the family Acoraceae. It belongs to the genus *Acorus* and is classified within the order Acorales, class Liliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species is native to Kazakhstan and has been introduced to various regions, including Alabama, Albania, Austria, and the Baltic States.

The plant produces berries and serves as a food source, fiber, fodder, and medicinal plant. Its documented range includes Beijing, Shanghai, and Fujian in China, as well as Chile Central. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2014. Occurrence records are held by institutions such as the University of Alberta Museums and the USFWS, with collections located in the United States, China, Canada, Italy, and France.

Synthesized by Vinony from 49 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, Encyclopedia of Life, IUCN Red List, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

Eurasian Sweet-Flag

Acorus calamus

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAcorales
  5. FamilyAcoraceae
Native toKazakhstan
Observations4,108
Observations recorded67,218

Chile Central

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5,115
With media
3,496
Family
Acoraceae
Collections
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, USFWS, NY, CAS, QUE, CSCN
Recorded in
United States, China, Canada, Italy, France
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
herbaceous plant
Parent taxon
Acorus
Image
Acorus calamus1.jpg
Has use
spice
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Acorus calamus
Commons category
Acorus calamus
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
Commons gallery
Acorus calamus
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=1358
taxon common name
عود الوج
has fruit type
berry
taxon range
Myanmar
short name
A. calamus
PAEnflowered taxon URL
www.paenflowered.org/apgii/acorales/acoraceae/acorus/acorus-calamus
taxon author citation
(Guss. ) H. Lindb.
external data available at URL
www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e
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Encyclopedic overview

Acorus calamus (also called sweet flag, sway or muskrat root, among many other common names) is a species of flowering plant with psychoactive chemicals. 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.

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