Calamus

Japanese: Calamus

…any of several tropical climbing palms, including Calamus and Daemonorops (illustration). The stems are used for rattan chairs and cane crafts.

From [Iris]

…A summer-green perennial plant of the Araceae family, the whole plant is fragrant, and its rhizome is widely used for medicinal purposes under the names of white taro in Chinese medicine and rhizoma calami in the West (illustration). Its English names are sweet flag, (sweet) calamus, sweet root, sweet rush. The rhizome is thick, creeps horizontally across the ground, and produces leaves in two alternate rows. The leaves are linear, folded like those of irises, and unifacially joined on the surface, forming a leaf sheath at the base. It is 40-150 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, and has a distinct midrib. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Calamus" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…トウ属Calamus，キリンケツ属Daemonoropsなど，熱帯に産する数種のつる性ヤシ類の総称（イラスト）。茎は籐いすや籐細工に用いられる。…

【ショウブ】より

…サトイモ科の夏緑の多年草で全草に芳香があり，根茎を漢方では白菖，欧米ではrhizoma calamiの名で広く薬用にされていた（イラスト）。英名はsweet flag，(sweet) calamus,sweet root,sweet rush。根茎は太く，地表を横にはい，2列互生に葉を出す。葉は線形で，アヤメ類の葉に似て折りたたまれ，表面側で合着した単面葉で，基部は葉鞘（ようしよう）となる。長さ40～150cm，幅2～3cmほど，はっきりした中肋がある。…

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