plant

Calamus

Nature

The named sweet-flag Acorus of biblical qaneh and aromatic reed speech. Not reed as the Lots marsh pen, and not cane sugar as Saccharum.

Also known as Sweet flag · Acorus calamus · Qaneh

  • Calamus is used in Medicine.

    Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists sweet-flag / calamus (κάλαμος ἀρωματικός) among aromatic rhizomes used in compound medicines and unguents. A named calamus in that handbook, not biblical qaneh theology as this sentence and not reed as the marsh writing plant already walked.

    from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE

    used in · sourced · documented

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