Łódź, Botanical Garden

In the artificial pond. It is native to North Africa, temperate Asia, Europe and tropical Asia (Jammu and Kashmir). Ornamental plant. Edible plant - root, when several years old, cooked; seeds cooked. Herbal plant - rhizome is anodyne, antiscrofulatic, astringent, cardiotonic, demulcent and sedative; flowers are anaphrodisiac and sedative; complete cure of the uterine cancer by a decoction and uterine injection has been recorded. Useful plant - formerly a source of organic dies.