Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Calamus rotang
Scientific Name and Description
Calamus rotang L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Daemonorops rotang L.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | bemt, bet, vetasa, Bach वाच |
| Kannada | bedisu, bethasu, betta, bettha, betthada balli, dodda bettha, habbe, hebbe, hejje, naagabettha, naagara bettha, nagabetta, suralbetta, vaanira |
| Malayalam | choorai, chooral, chural, cural, nirvanni, punampu, purampu |
| Marathi | vaeth,Vel वेल |
| Sanskrit | abhrapushpa, dirghapatraka, dirghavalli, gandhapusha, kalana, latavamsa, manjarinamra, nichula, ratha, rathabhra, shita, sushena, vanira, vanjula, vetagra, vetasa, vetasah, vetasi, vetra, vetrah, vetus, vidula,Vacha वाचा |
| Tamil | arini, catikkilanku, churei, churel, cural, curalkilanku, mellisuppirambu, nirvanji, perambu, pirambu, pirampu, pirappan, pisin, prappankilanku, sadi, sothu perambu, sural, suvedagandam, suvedam, tevattirattal, vaniram, vettiram,Vadam வாதம் |
| Telugu | betham, bethama, bethamu, bettam, bettamu, betthama, betthamu, betthapu chettu, neeruprabha, niruprabba, paemu bethamu, pemu, pepa, prabba, prabbali, prabbili, prabha, prabili, sannabethamu, sannabettamu, vaethasamu |
| Bangali | Bach বাঁশ |
| Common name | Sweet Flag,Rotang Vine |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Root tuber
Stem
Bark
Fruits
Seeds
Petiole
References
Literature
Literature
Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2010
Bhat et al. 2012
The Flora of Orissa Vol IV Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2 Author - G.L.Shah
The Flora of the Palni Hills Vol-3 Author - K.M. Matthew
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL III(MONOCOTS) Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Calamus rotang. (2023, November 8). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamus_rotang
Body
Calamus rotang (Daemonorops draconoides)
Calamus rotang L
Habit- Climber
Parts used - Tuber, stem, root, bark, petiole
Application - Cold; Cough and Fever; non medicinal commercial purposes; scorpion bite; constipation; boils; wounds
Treatment - General
References - Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2010, Bhat et al. 2012