Vernacular Name
Calamus, Common Sweet Flag

Category
Forest and Agro-Forest Trees

Use

Rank	Class
3	Food and Beverages
1	Pharmaceutical
	Cosmetics
2	Health and Functional Products
	Fodder/Animal feed
4	Fibre, Fuel and Building
	Ornamental
	Environmental
	Other

1. Very relevant
5. Not very relevant

Place of Origin
Probably indigenous to India.

Actual Distribution
Acorus calamus is now found across Europe, in southern Russia, northern Asia Minor, southern Siberia, China, Japan, Burma, Sri Lanka, and northern USA.

Places and Types of Utilization
Sweet flag has a very long history of medicinal use in many herbal traditions. It is widely employed in modern herbal medicine as an aromatic stimulant and mild tonic. In Ayurveda it is highly valued as a rejuvenator for the brain and nervous system and as a remedy for digestive... [Read_more]

Projects on Acorus calamus:

• Assessment of genetic stability and variability of plant genetic resources on medicinal and aromatic plants and development of their conservation strategies (Theme No.7)

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