Calamus has a fragrance
Calamus is fragrant, its aroma can also be cured with medicinal value, because calamus inside the natural aromatic oil, can be directly extracted to do a wide range of uses, many of the older generation of people will also be used to drive away mosquitoes calamus.
Calamus is divided into many varieties, the taste is also different, which varieties of the most fragrant calamus should be considered aniseed calamus, it also has hand-washing incense, roadside incense nickname, its leaves have aniseed flavor, but also can be extracted from the edible plant flavors, it can be seen that its flavor is really very strong.
Calamus blooming time
Calamus usually blooms in summer, but because of its wide range of uses, it is also often used in flower packages, so with the advanced breeding technology nowadays, we can buy them in florists all year round.
Calamus flowering look
Calamus belongs to the perennial herb, the stem is slightly flattened, there are a lot of lateral branches, diameter of about 5 millimeters, the epidermis is dark brown, the root is shaped like hair, the base of the leaf grows upward.
Wait until it grows to 1/3 of the leaf length, the leaf blade is slender, sword-like shape, the length can reach about 100 centimeters, 2 centimeters wide, it looks oily and shiny, the flower is yellowish-green, it is a fleshy spike, and the ovary is a cylindrical shape, 3 millimeters long.