Acoraceae
Calamus
Acorus calamus
- Family
- Acoraceae
- Genus
- Acorus
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Common names
By language (88)
- ace
- Jeureunggèë
- Albanian
- Kashtëfryza
- ang
- Bēowyrt
- Arabic
- وج, عود الوج, القصب الهندي, الوج, قصب الذريره
- Armenian
- Խնկեղեգ ճահճային
- arz
- وج
- Azerbaijani
- Bataqlıq kəcəvəri
- ba
- Аир ҡамышы
- ban
- Jangu
- Bangla
- বচ
- Basque
- Lasturrin
- Belarusian
- Аер, Аер звычайны, Звычайны аер, Плюшня, Плюшнік
- bjn
- Jariangaw, Jariangau
- Bulgarian
- Блатен аир, Аир блатен
- Burmese
- လင်းနေပင်, လင်းလေပင်
- Cantonese
- 菖蒲
- Catalan
- Càlam
- Chinese
- 菖蒲, 凌水挡, 剑叶菖蒲, 剑菖蒲, 十香和, 土菖蒲, 大叶菖蒲, 大菖蒲
- Croatian
- Iđirot
- csb
- Zwëczajny kalmùs
- Czech
- Puškvorec obecný
- Danish
- Kalmus
- Dutch
- Kalmoes, Zwanenbrood
- English
- Calamus, Sweet flag, Sweetflag, Beewort, Calamus-root, Flag root, Muskrat root, Pine root
- Esperanto
- Kalam-akoro
- Estonian
- Harilik kalmus, Jõemõõk, Luhamõõk, Kalmus
- Finnish
- Rohtokalmojuuri, Kalmojuuri
- French
- Acore odorant, Acore, Jonc odorant, Schoenante
- frr
- Swaanenbruad
- German
- Kalmus, Ackerwurz, Gewürzkalmus, Kaninchenwurz, Kaninchenwurzel, Karremanswurz, Karremanswurzel, Magenbrand
- gor
- Alumongo
- Hindi
- वच, बच
- hsb
- Wšědny kalmus
- Hungarian
- Orvosi kálmos
- Icelandic
- Sverðblaðka
- Indonesian
- Jerangau, Jeringau
- io
- Akoro
- Italian
- Acoro, Calamo, Calamo aromatico
- Japanese
- ショウブ, しょうぶ, ショウブコン, 菖蒲根
- Javanese
- Dringo, Dlingo
- Kannada
- ಬಜೆ
- Kazakh
- Şalşıq andızı, Шалшық андызы, شالشىق اندىزى
- Konkani
- वेखंड
- Korean
- 창포
- ks
- وَے
- Kyrgyz
- Жөнөкөй айыр
- lah
- داج قلموس, ملٹھی
- Latvian
- Parastā kalme, Kalme, Smaržīgā kalme
- Lithuanian
- Balinis ajeras
- Macedonian
- Лирот
- mad
- Jhârângo
- Malay
- Pokok Jerangau
- Malayalam
- വയമ്പ്
- Marathi
- वेखंड
- min
- Jarangau
- Nepali
- बोझो
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kalmusrot
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Kalmusrot
- Odia
- ବଚ
- os
- Зал, Залгæрдæг
- Persian
- اگیر ترکی, وج
- Polish
- Tatarak zwyczajny, Ajer
- Portuguese
- Açoro, Cana-cheirosa, Cálamo-aromático
- Romanian
- Obligeană
- Russian
- Аир обыкновенный, Аир болотный, Аир тростниковый, Ирный корень
- sah
- Манчаары
- Sanskrit
- वामनी
- Serbian (Latin)
- Iđirot
- sgs
- Ajėirs, Ajers
- shn
- သၢမ်ပူး, တူၼ်ႈသၢမ်ပူး
- Sinhala
- වදකහ
- Slovak
- Puškvorec obyčajný
- Slovenian
- Pravi kolmež
- Spanish
- Cálamo aromático, Ácoro, Acoro, Calamo aromatico, Calamo aromático, Orontium cochinchinense
- Swedish
- Kalmus, Kalmusrot
- Tamil
- வசம்பு, உரைப்பான், பிள்ளை வளர்த்தி, பேர் சொல்லா மருந்து
- Tatar
- Кылычүлән
- tcy
- ಬಜೆ
- Telugu
- వస, వజ
- Thai
- ว่านน้ำ
- Turkish
- Hazanbel, Azakeğeri
- Ukrainian
- Лепеха звичайна, Аїр звичайний, Аїр тростинний, Аїр тростиновий, Татарське зілля, Лепеха очеретяна, Татаріння, Шувар
- Urdu
- داج قلموس, Flag Root, Sweet Flag, Sweet Myrtle, Sweet Sedge
- Vietnamese
- Thủy xương bồ
- Welsh
- Gellesgen bêr
- Western Frisian
- Kalmuswoartel, Earrebarrebrea, Kalmerwoartel, Kalmswoartel, Kalmwoartel, Kauwoartel, Kollumerwoartel, Swannebrea
- wuu
- 菖蒲
- za
- Cingjfouxnaemq
Synonyms
- Calamus aromaticus Garsault
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: J.F. Gaffard, Autoreille, France, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.