Calamus was named after Calamus creek, which received its name from the great quantities of sweet flag growing in it, from which the botanical name Acorus calamus, commonly called Sweet Flag or Calamus.
Calamus (קְנֵה-בֹשֶׂם kaneh bosm) 250 shekels (about 3 kg)
Acorus calamus | Calamus | Calamus (palm) | Calamus caryotoides | calamus |
Ashtamudi Estuary has mangroves Avicennia officinalis, Brugiera gymnorrhiza and Sonneratia caseolaris as also 43 species of marshy and mangrove associates including two endangered species Syzygium travancoricum (endangered species according to the Red Data Book of Indian Plants) and Calamus rotang in the Terrestrial system.
Third, possibly due to a mistranslation, Mathers changed one of the ingredients within the recipe for Abramelin oil, specifying galangal instead of the original herb calamus.
In its Latinized form, Calamus Gladio Fortior, it is the motto of Keio University in Tokyo, Japan.