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Iris lactea It is widely grown throughout China, where it is often used as an ingredient in a herbal contraceptive.It ha...
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Iris lactea
It is widely grown throughout China, where it is often used as an ingredient in a herbal contraceptive.It has also been used in the anti-cancer drug 'Irisquinone', which comes from a herbal remedy.The rhizomes are also used in traditional oriental medicine, including Tibet.

The leaves are used as fodder for animals, and for thatching, matting and basket work, and its leaf fibres are also used in paper making and for brushes. The flowers contain the pigment – anthocyanin.

It has also been used in veterinary medicine. The consumption of the flowers and seeds is thought to increase a cow's milk yield.

It is commonly known in the UK as the 'white flowered iris' or in the US as 'milky iris'. It is known as 'nomajiris', in Sweden. In Ladakhi of Tibet, it is known as 'Tesmamentok', meaning pale purple flower. The Latin specific epithet Lactea means milky color, hence the common name 'milky iris'.

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