Acorus calamus (also called sweet flag, sway or muskrat root, among many other common names) is a species of flowering plant. It is a tall wetland monocot of the family Acoraceae, in the genus Acorus. Although used in traditional medicine over centuries to treat digestive disorders and pain, it has no clinical evidence of safety or efficacy and may be toxic if ingested, and so has been commercially banned for use in food in the United States.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Eurasian Sweet-Flag being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Acorales
- Family
- Acoraceae
- Genus
- Acorus
- Species
- Acorus calamus
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