Acorus calamus

Acorus calamus

Order	[[]]
Family	[[]]
Genus	Acorus

2n =

Origin : area of origin

wild or cultivated

Uses summary

Description

• 1, plant habit; 2, inflorescence; 3, flower (PROSEA, Achmad Satiri Nurhaman)
  1, plant habit; 2, inflorescence; 3, flower (PROSEA, Achmad Satiri Nurhaman)

Uses

MYRTLE FLAG. SWEET FLAG. Northern temperate regions. The rhizomes are used by confectioners as a candy, by perfumers in the preparation of aromatic vinegar, by rectifiers to improve the flavor of gin and to give a peculiar taste to certain varieties of beer. In Europe and America, the rhizomes are sometimes cut into slices and candied or otherwise made into a sweetmeat. These rhizomes are to be seen for sale on the street corners of Boston and are frequently chewed to sweeten the breath. In France it is in cultivation as an ornamental water plant.

Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.

Links

• BHL
• FAO Ecocrop
• Feedipedia
• Grieve's herbal
• GRIN
• IPNI
• Mansfeld
• Moerman, Native American Ethnobotany
• Multilingual Plant Name Database
• NewCrop Purdue
• Plant List
• Plants for a future
• PROSEA on Pl@ntUse
• PROTA on Pl@ntUse
• Tela Botanica
• Useful Tropical Plants Database
• Wikipédia
• Wikiphyto