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Acorus calamus

Acorus calamus L.  [Unverified Identification]


Family Acoraceae
Local Name Bengao
Habit Herb
Habitat Grassy land; near waterways
Ethnobotanical Uses AMULET: used in making an amulet; RITUALS: used in exorcism;
Collected from Lusod, Tinongdan, Itogon, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
Collector(s) Dorhiz Alambra, Fontini Christi Mariano Carbon-Cuenca, Inocencia Domingo, Kristine Isabel Eco-Degrasia, Anna May Rosete, Abigail Marie Tan

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