| Accepted name: |
Acorus calamus L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Sweetflag
Flag-root
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| French names: |
Acorus rouseau
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Arales
Family: Araceae
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| OPL Code: |
HACOCA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
It is valued for perfumes and fragrant oils, and has insecticidal, antibacterial and antifungal properties. Uncontrolled consumption of the plant can cause poisoning. Much medicinally applied and an important Ayurvedic drug(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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