Acorus calamus
| Sweet flag | |
|---|---|
| Sweet flag | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Acorales |
| Family: | Acoraceae |
| Genus: | Acorus |
| Species: | A. calamus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acorus calamus L., 1753 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Calamus aromaticus Garsault | |
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, there is no clinical evidence for its safety or efficacy – and ingested calamus may be toxic – leading to its commercial ban in the United States.
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