Acorus

A plant genus of the family ACORACEAE, order Arales, subclass Arecidae most notable for Acorus calamus L. root which contains asarone and has been used in TRADITIONAL MEDICINE.

Year introduced: 2002

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Tree Number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.010.500

MeSH Unique ID: D029023

Registry Number: txid4464

Entry Terms:

• Sweetflag
• Sweet Flag
• Flagroot
• Acorus calamus
• Sedge, Sweet
• Sedges, Sweet
• Sweet Sedge
• Sweet Sedges
• Calamus Root
• Calamus Roots
• Root, Calamus
• Roots, Calamus
• Acorus gramineus

Previous Indexing:

• Plants, Medicinal (1966-2001)

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Organisms Category
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Acoraceae
Acorus