The ethnobotany of sweet flag, acorus Calamus (Araceae)

Economic Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 397-412

  Motley, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorus calamus; alkaloids; calamus; essential oils; ethnobotany; sweet flag

Indexed keywords

EID: 0028190530     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: 18749364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02862235     Document Type: Article

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