| Ailment type
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Pains and Inflammation +
, Mental disorders +
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| Class
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Liliopsida +
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| Common Indian names
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बच Bach, घोरबच Ghorbach, सफ़ेद बच Safed ba … बच Bach, घोरबच Ghorbach, सफ़ेद बच Safed bach (Hindi);ওকহিদাক Okhidak (Manipuri); Vekhand (Marathi); Vashambu, pullai-valathi (Tamil);vaembu, vashampa (Malayalam); baje, vasa, athibaje (Kannada); bach, ghorabach (Bengali); bach (Assamese); hnim-rimtui (Mizo); Bacha, Bhadra, Vacha (Sanskrit); बोझो Bojho (Nepali)dra, Vacha (Sanskrit); बोझो Bojho (Nepali) +
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| Common hindi name
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बच Bach, घोरबच Ghorbach, सफ़ेद बच Safed bach +
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| Common name
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Sweet Flag, calamus, flagroot, sweet cane, sweet grass, sweetroot, sweet rush +
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| Division/Phylum
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Magnoliophyta +
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| Family
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Acoraceae +
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| Food use
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Yes +
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| Genus
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Acorus +
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| Header caption
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Inflorescence of Sweet Flag +
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| Header image
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Acorus calamus 002.JPG +
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| Introdescription
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''Acorus calamus'', commonly known as swee … ''Acorus calamus'', commonly known as sweet flag or calamus (Sanskrit : Haimavati, हैमवती, Vacha, वचा ) and various rushes and sedges,is a plant from the ''Acoraceae'' family, in the genus ''Acorus''. It is a tall perennial wetland monocot with scented leaves and more strongly scented rhizomes, which have been used medicinally, for its odor, and as an allegedly psychotropic drug. Its Sanskrit name is vacha. Probably indigenous to India, ''Acorus calamus'' is now found across Europe, in southern Russia, northern Asia Minor, southern Siberia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Australia, as well as southern Canada and Northern USA, where it may be mistaken for the native ''Acorus americanus''. (Source:Wikipedia) ''Acorus americanus''. (Source:Wikipedia) +
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| Medicinal significance
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Yes +
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| Medicinal system
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Ayurveda +
, Unani +
, Folk Medicine +
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| Name meaning
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Cognates of the Latin word calamus are fou … Cognates of the Latin word calamus are found in both Greek (kalamos, meaning "reed") and Sanskrit (kalama, meaning "reed" and "pen" as well as a sort of rice) — strong evidence that the word is older than all three languages and exists in their parent language, Proto-Indo European. The Arabic word qalam (meaning "pen") is likely to have been borrowed from one of these languages in antiquity, or directly from Indo-European itself.ty, or directly from Indo-European itself. +
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| Order
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Alismatales +
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| Page creation date
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30 November 2010 +
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| Regnum
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Plantae +
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| Religious significance
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Yes +
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| Species name
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w:Acorus calamus +
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| User ID
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User:Gauravm +
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| Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Acorus calamus +
, Acorus calamus +
, Acorus calamus +
, Acorus calamus +
, Acorus calamus +
, Acorus calamus +
, Acorus calamus +
, Acorus calamus +
, Acorus calamus +
, Acorus calamus +
, Acorus calamus +
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| Categories |
Plants +
, Species page +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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30 November 2010 05:13:39 +
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