Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acorus calamus L. [Acoraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Acorus calamus var. americanus Raf.

Acorus calamus var. calamus

Acorus calamus var. angustatus Besser

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acore calame	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
acore odorant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
acore vrai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
acori calami rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
acoro	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
acoro verdadero	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
acorus	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
agar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agre turki	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
agre-turki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agreturki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agri-turki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akaraveci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akkitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aorch	Other	Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan. (Hamayun et al., 2003)
arpakeci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arpakecu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
athibaje	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ativacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ayamavati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ayavaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bacc	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bach	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bacha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bachh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bachinampa	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
baj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bajai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baje	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
baje gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barian	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
beach	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhadra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhoja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuta-nashini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhutanashini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bodhaniya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bodi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
boja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bojho	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
buch	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakatai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calami rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
calamo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
calamo aromatico	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
calamus	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
calamus roots	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
calamís	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
camanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canakantakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canakantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canakappulitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canattanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantankotan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantatikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
capinakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cataikantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cataikkantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catakantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catakkotan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catakkotanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catiyattakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cattukantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cavukanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cetilolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
changpu	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
citakentam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civayoki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukkulakantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutuvan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cálamo aromático	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
dagade	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
deringau	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
emavati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eğir	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
eğir kökü	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
flag root	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flagroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
galani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghodavaca	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ghoduvaj	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ghodvach	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ghorabach	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghorbach	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
golomi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gora-bach	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gorbacc	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorbach	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gurbaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haimavati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haimdvati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ikshuparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
imavari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iraccollan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irusimulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irutimulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jalaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jerangau	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
jerangoh	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
jone odorant	Other	Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
kalmoes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kalmus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Kleines Heilkräuter-Lexikon (Schilcher, 2008) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
kanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantakapasanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantamacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantamam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapatakkatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapatamitti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayamalaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayamalakikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayamavati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayimavati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayiravati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kilatolya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiravanattukkati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshudrapatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulomicai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
luplak	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mangalya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mattirikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mokai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
motai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukkikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukkil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
myrtle-flag	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
naaru baeru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
napittari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narru berua	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattuvacampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
percollamaruntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
percollan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
petiyaikkattumuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
petiyaikkattumulikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyarcollan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyarcollatatu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pillai maruntho	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
pillaimaruntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pillaivalarppan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puccikolli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pullai-valathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakalop	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
rakshoghni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rat root	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
rhizoma acori calami	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizomata calami	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
rusimulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadgrantha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed bach	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed-bach	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
schleshmaghni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sete	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
shadagrantha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shadgrantha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shadgranthagolomi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shataparvika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shicangpu	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
shu dag	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
shu dak	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
shuichangpu	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
skha waja	Other	Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
skhawaja	Other	High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan. (Hamayun et al., 2003)
skhuwaja	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
smarani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sripadi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
su dag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
su-dag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sweet calamus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sweet cane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sweet fig	Other	Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
sweet flag	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
sweet grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sweet rush	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sweet sage	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sweet sedge	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
sweet-flag	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sweetflag	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sweetroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
syede	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
the sweet flag	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
thit	Other	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
tibet sweetflag rhizome	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
tikshna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tikshnapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ugragandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ugragandhaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ugragandhā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ugragranthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ugrā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ukkirakantai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ukkiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umiyal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uraippan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uromakkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaca	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
vacai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacavaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vach	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
vacha	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vacha-ugra-gandhaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacā (rhizome)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
vadaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaembu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaj	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
vajj or vaj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varch	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
variegated sweet flag	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
vasa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
vasamboo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasambu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
vasampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vashambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vashampa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vashanapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vayambhu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vayambu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
vayampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vekhand	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vekhanda	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
vekhandas	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
vekuvacamutaiyayoki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vekuvacamutaiyoki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
veni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verkkattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vicamattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vijaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wadakaha	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
waj turki	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
waj-e-turki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
waja	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
waja-e-turki	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
wajae turki	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
wan nam	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon, 2015)
wasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zangchangpu	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
аїр	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
шавар	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
وج	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
වදකහ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ཤུ་དག །	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ṣaḍgranthā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
水菖蒲	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Root		High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
Rhizome		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Rhizome		Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan. (Hamayun et al., 2003)
Rhizome		MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
Root		Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Root, stem		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Rhizome		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Roots, Whole plant		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Rhizome		Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
Root		Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
Rhizome	Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Rhizome		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rhizome		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
rhizome	dried rhizome plant	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
root	vegetal drug, powdered drug, tincture	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
rhizome	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Root (Rhizome)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
rhizome		Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Calamus aromaticus Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 40 (1764), opus utique oppr.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acarus calamus Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Acorus calamus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan. (Hamayun et al., 2003) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Acorus calamus L	Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
Acorus calamus L.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014) Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kleines Heilkräuter-Lexikon (Schilcher, 2008) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon, 2015) Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Acorus calamus Linn.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Acorus calamus Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Acurus calamus	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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