Sweet Flag (Acorus calamus) seeds

Name: Sweet Flag (Acorus calamus) seeds
Brand: Magic Garden Seeds GmbH
SKU: ACO02
Price: 2.79 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)

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The Marsh Plant is a very old, well-known healing plant. Used in Indian Ayurveda as well as by different Indian tribes of North America.
Contents: Approx. 20 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

€2.79

Product number: ACO02 GTIN: 4250601200361

Description

Sweet Flag (Acorus Calamus) is a marshland plant with citrus fruit-scented leaves used since Hippocrates' day (460-377 BC) for curing toothache and dysentery. An infusion made from its roots is good for the stomach. Calamus was used by the Cree Indians in divine worship and is also mentioned in the Bible as providing the holy oil for anointing altar and sacred vessels in Exodus. Known as 'Vacha', it is a highly valued medicinal plant in Ayurveda.

The plant contains flavourings. Similar to the vanilla bean, the young leaves can be used for seasoning desserts. The boiled root can be eaten as a root vegetable. It has a pleasant, aromatic scent and is slightly hot.

Lifecycle	Hardy, Perennial
Species	Acoraceae
Characteristics	Needs cold to germinate
Eventual height	30-150 cm
Flower colour	Green, Yellow
Flowering months	July, June
Root system	Rhizome

When to sow outdoors	December, November
Sowing depth	0.5 cm
Germination temperature	3-5°C
Sunlight	Full sun
Planting distance	40 cm
Row spacing	50 cm

Sowing and care

Sweet Flag is a bog garden plant and can be stored in sealed plant containers, but also grows on 'normal' ground in the garden. It requires moist (or wet) loamy soil and can be sown in nutritious muddy compost, as well as in a pot standing in water. Sweet Flag seeds planted in December germinate the following spring. Otherwise, it is recommended to sow them and keep them at about 15 °C for 3 days, then leave them to germinate in the refrigerator at 0-5 °C and check for germinating seeds regularly. Loves lots of sun.

Other names

Botanical name: Acorus calamus, A. aromaticus, Calamus aromaticus, Oronthium cochinchinensis

German: Indischer Kalmus, Kaninchenwurz, Kaninchenwurzel, Karremanswurz, Karremanswurzel, Schwertheu, Magenbrand, Magenwurz, Nagenwurz, Ackerwurz, Würtzriedt, Gewürzkalmus, Rotting, Zehrwurz, Echter Kalmus, Gewürzkalmus, Karmswuttel, Kolmas, Magenwurz, Schwanenbrot, Sigge

English: Sweet flag, Calamus, Beewort, Bitter pepper root, Calamus root, Flag root, Gladdon, Myrtle flag, Myrtle grass, Myrtle root, Myrtle sedge, Pine root, Rat root, Sea sedge, Sweet cane, Sweet cinnamon, Sweet grass, Sweet myrtle, Sweet root, Sweet rush, Sweet sedge

French: Acore odorant, Jonc odorant, Roseau aromatique, Acore vrai, Canne aromatique, Schoenante

Italian: Calamo aromatico

Spanish: Cálamo aromático, Ácoro aromático, Ácoro cálamo, Cálamo acuático, Ácoro verdadero

Manufacturer information: Magic Garden Seeds GmbH | Junkersstraße 7 | 93055 Regensburg, Germany | service@magicgardenseeds.com | https://www.magicgardenseeds.com

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