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Acorus calamus L. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Acorus calamus L.
Family	Acoraceae
Identified with (Skt)	vacā, ugragandhā
Identified with (Hin)	bacc, gorbācc
Identified with (Tam)	vacampu
Identified with (Mal)	vayamp
Identified with (Eng)	Sweet flag
Botanical info	A semi-aquatic rhizomatous perennial herb growing upto 1800m throughout India, light brown flowers in sessile cylindric spadix, leaves distichous, ensiform
Search occurrence	vacā, ugragandhā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
See plant's image	Acorus calamus L. in Google image search
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 172) ugragandha, mfn. strong-smelling; m. the plant Michelia Champaca; garlic; (ā), f. orris root; a medicinal plant; Artemisia Sternutatoria; Pimpinella Involucrata; the common caraway (Carum Carui &c.); Ligusticum Ajowan; (am), n. Asa Foetida, L. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3459) vacampu: Sweet flag, s. sh., Acorus calamus

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