ᱧᱮᱞᱯᱚᱨᱚᱠ: Acorus calamus L. (Andrzej Konstantynowicz Jul 14, 2023) World flora

ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ

Acorus calamus L.

Araceae

ᱡᱚᱢᱟ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ

Acorus calamus L.

ᱵᱟᱛᱟᱣᱟᱜ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱠᱚ ᱡᱟᱹᱛ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱣᱚᱴ

Acorus calamus L.

ᱵᱟᱝᱪᱤᱱᱦᱟᱹᱯ

ᱵᱟᱱᱴᱷᱤᱠ ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱛᱮ ᱧᱮᱞᱯᱚᱨᱚᱠ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱥᱮ ? ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱣᱚᱴ

ᱧᱮᱞᱯᱚᱨᱚᱠ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱠᱚᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱥᱮ ? ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱣᱚᱴ

ᱵᱟᱹᱲᱛᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱰᱟᱴᱟ

ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ

Brzeziny, near Łódź

ᱱᱤᱡᱚᱨᱟᱜ ᱠᱷᱟᱴᱚ ᱚᱞ

It grows in India, central Asia, southern Russia and Siberia, Europe and North America.
Edible plant - the rhizome is candied and made into a sweetmeat or treat as palatable vegetable when roasted; young leaves cooked; the inner portion of young stems is eaten raw, it makes a very palatable salad.
Herbal plant - of wide use especially in Ayurvedic medicine; the root is anodyne, aphrodisiac, aromatic, carminative, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, hallucinogenic, hypotensive, sedative, stimulant, stomachic, mildly tonic and vermifuge, used internally in the treatment of digestive complaints, bronchitis, sinusitis; if the dose is too large it will cause nausea and vomiting (!); chewing the root is also said to kill the taste for tobacco (!); is also used externally to treat skin eruptions, rheumatic pains and neuralgia.
Useful plant - the leaves are used in basket making or woven into mats, they have also been used as a thatch for roofs; an essential oil from the rhizome is used in perfumery and as a food flavouring.

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