Acorus calamus Vacha Bach Sweet flag Vach Vaj Calamus roots Vekhand

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Acorus calamus

Scientific Name and Description

Acorus calamus var. calamus
Acorus calamus L.

Herb Family

Acoraceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Synonyms

Acorus angustatus Raf.
Acorus angustifolius Schott
Acorus aromaticus Gilib.
Acorus belangeri Schott
Acorus calamus f. submersa Glück
Acorus calamus subsp. vulgaris (L.) Ehrh.
Acorus calamus var. angustifolius (Schott) Engl.
Acorus calamus var. belangeri (Schott) Engl.
Acorus calamus var. europeus Raf.
Acorus calamus var. verus L.
Acorus calamus var. vulgaris L.
Acorus calamus-aromaticus Clairv.
Acorus casia Bertol.
Acorus commersonii Schott
Acorus commutatus Schott
Acorus elatus Salisb.
Acorus europaeus Dumort.
Acorus flexuosus Raf.
Acorus floridanus Raf.
Acorus griffithii Schott
Acorus nilaghirensis Schott
Acorus odoratus Lam.
Acorus terrestris Spreng.
Acorus undulatus Stokes
Acorus verus (L.) Raf.
Acorus verus Garsault
Calamus aromaticus Garsault

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English	calamus, flagroot, sweet cane, sweet flag, sweet grass, sweet rush, sweetroot
Hindi	bacc, bach, baj, bajai, barian, barin, beach, ghorbach, gora-bach, gorbacc, gorbach, safed bach, vasa
Kannada	athibaje, baje, baje gida, dagade, kavana, naaru baeru, vasa
Malayalam	vaembu, vashampa, vashanapa, vayambhu, vayambu, vayampu
Marathi	vekhand
Sanskrit	bacha, bhadra, bhutanashini, bodhaniya, galani, golomi, haimavati, haimdvati, ikshuparni, jalaja, jatila, kanga, kshudrapatri, mangalya, masha, rakshoghni, sadgrantha, schleshmaghni, shadagrantha, shadgrantha, shadgranthagolomi, shataparvika, smarani, tikshna, tikshnapatra, ugragandha, ugragandhaha, ugragranthi, vaca, vacha, vacha-ugra-gandhaha, vayambu, vijaya,Vacha
Tamil	akaraveci, akkitam, arpakeci, arpakecu, ativacam, attakam, avatampati, ayakam, ayamavati, ayavaci, ayavari, ayavariti, akatai, camanam, canakantakam, canakantam, canakappulitam, canattanam, cantankotan, cantatikam, capinakam, capinam, cataikantam, cataikkantam, cataikkentam1, catakantam, catakkotan, catakkotanam, catinam, catiyattakam, cattukantam, cavukanti, cetilolam, cirakakkoni, cirakkoli, cirakoni, citakentam, civayoki, cukkulakantam, cutuvan, emavati, imavari, iraccollan, irusimulam, irutimulam, kantakapasanam, kantam, kantamacceti, kantamam, kapatakkatti, kapatamitti, kayamalaki, kayamalakikam, kayamavati, kayimavati, kayiravati, kiravanattukkati, kulomicai, matali, mattiri, mattirikam, mokai, motai, mukkikam, mukkil, napittari, narattam, narram, nattam, nattuvacampu, percollamaruntu, percollan, petiyaikkattumuli, petiyaikkattumulikai, peyarcollan, peyarcollatatu, pillaimaruntu, pillaivalarppan, puccikolli, pullai-valathi, rusimulam, ukkirakantai, ukkirakantam, ukkirakanti, ukkirakentai,ukkirakentam, ukkiram,umiyal, uraippan, uromakkilanku, vaca, vacai, vacampu, vacar, vacavaci, vasamboo, vasambu, vasampu, vashambu, vekuvacamutaiyayoki, vekuvacamutaiyoki, veni, verkkattai, vicamattiri
Telugu	vadaja, vasa, wasa
Tibetan	su dag, su-dag
Urdu	bach, bacha, bachh, waj-e-turki
Common name	sweet flag, sway, muskrat root,

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Folk

Sowa Rigpa

Pharmacological profile

Phytochemicals

Asarone

Herb usable parts

Roots

Rhizome

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Acorus calamus L. Acoraceae Vasambu Shrub Roots Paste Hypolipidemic and Anti-insecticides

Habit- Herb

Parts used - Whole plant

Application - Chronic urticaria; snakebite; stomach ache; poisonous bites; epilepsy; cough; wound; asthma; as a substitute for ginger; malaria; obesity diseases; body pain; oral health care

Treatment - General

References - Chopda and Mahajan 2009, Sharma et al. 2013, Valsaraj et al. 1997

Nervine, antispasmodic, sedative, stomachic, expectorant, laxative, diuretic,