EPPO Global Database

Acorus calamus(ACSCA)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-07-18

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ACSCA
  • Preferred name: Acorus calamus
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

The plant originally described in Europe as Acorus calamus is a sterile triploid, naturally occurring in Asia, which has spread naturally or been introduced by human agency into Europe, South Africa, North America and Australia. The cut foliage was used in earlier centuries as a fragrant floor covering, a use which has now virtually disappeared, so that A. calamus is now much less frequent in its introduced range than it was in the past. In eastern Asia, a fertile tetraploid form exists in the wild, known as A. calamus var. angustatus. Wild diploid forms are also known in Asia, as putative parents for the triploid. The plant known as Acorus americanus, in North America, is also a diploid. Some authors consider all these forms to be simply A.calamus. Used medicinally
WSSA list of weeds in North America, introduced and invasive in Central Russia


Common names
Name Language
calamus English
flagroot English
sweet cane English
sweet flag English
Arzneikalmus German
deutscher Ingwer German
Kalmus German
acore calame French
acore odorant French
acore vrai French
canne aromatique French
jonc odorant French
roseau aromatique French
acoro Spanish
ácoro Spanish
ácoro indio Spanish
ácoro verdadero Spanish
cálamo acuático Spanish
cálamo aromático Spanish
cálamo verdadero Spanish
acoro aromatico Italian
calamo aromatico Italian
calamo odoratico Italian
echte kalmus Dutch
kalmoes Dutch
ácoro-cheiroso Portuguese
ácoro-verdadeiro Portuguese
cálamo-aromatico Portuguese
kalmus Swedish
shôbu Japanese
ショウブ Japanese
аир болотный Russian
аир обыкновенный Russian
аир тростниковый Russian
айр обыкновенный Russian
kalmus Danish
kalmusrot Norwegian
rohtokalmojuuri Finnish
eğir otu Turkish
tatarak zwyczajny Polish
kálmos Hungarian
prese Albanian
аир Bulgarian
миризлив акорус Bulgarian
càlam Catalan
chāng pú Chinese
菖蒲 Chinese
obični iđirot Croatian
puškvorec obecný Czech
harilik kalmus Estonian
άκοπος Greek
jerangau Indonesian
창포 Korean
chang po Korean
smaržiga kalme Latvian
balinis ajeras Lithuanian
calm Romanian
obligeană Romanian
puškvorec obyčajný Slovak
pravi kolmež Slovene
vasambhu Tamil
лепеха звичайна Ukrainian