About Sweet Flag
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.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acorus calamus
- Genus
- Acorus
- Family
- ARACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Water bodies
- Native to
- Eurasia, North and Central America
- Distribution
- North temperate hemisphere and Tropical Asia
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-July
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Hindi
- बच Bach, घोरबच Ghorbach, सफ़ेद बच Safed bach
- Nepali
- बोझो
- Bengali
- Bach, Ghorabach, বচ
- Tamil
- Vashambu, Pullai-valathi, வசம்பு
- Kannada
- ಬಜೆ Baje, ವಚ Vacha, ಅತಿಬಜೆ Athibaje
- Malayalam
- Vaembu, Vashampa, വയമ്പ്
- Marathi
- वेखंड Vekhand, वेखंड
Araceae
Arum family
Sweet Flag belongs to the Araceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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