Acorus calamus, sweet flag - magic-plants ethnobotany

Acorus calamus, sweet flag

Botanical names: Acorus calamus, Acorus aromaticus, Acorus casia, Acorus europaeus, Acorus vulgaris, Calamus aromaticus		Acoraceae
Common names English: sweet flag, calamus root, flag root, myrtle flag, myrtle grass, myrtle root, sweet myrtle, sweet root Spanish: cálamo aromático French: acore odorant, jonc odorant German: Kalmus, Magenbrand, Magenwurz, Gewürzkalmus
Active constituents: alpha-asarone, beta-asarone, eugenol

Acorus calamus, sweet flag

illustration from Koehler's medicinal plants

calamus root, sweet flag root