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| General Information | |||||||||||
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| Name | Arrowroot | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Maranta arundinacea | ||||||||||
| Description | Maranta arundinacea, also known as arrowroot maranta West Indian arrowroot, obedience plant, Bermuda arrowroot, araru, ararao or hulankeeriya, is a large, perennial herb found in rainforest habitats. It is cultivated for a starch obtained from the rhizomes (rootstock), which is called arrowroot. The name 'Arrowroot' lead many ayurveda doctors to use root stock of this plant instead of Curcuma angustifolia ("tikhur" in Hindi,"Koova" in Malayalam) a precious medicinal plant. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00290 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Vegetables | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Tubers | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy | |||||||||||
| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
| Order | Zingiberales | ||||||||||
| Family | Marantaceae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Maranta | ||||||||||
| Species | arundinacea | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 503694 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Maranta_arundinacea | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — Duke, James. 'Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. United States Department of Agriculture.' Agricultural Research Service, Accessed April 27 (2004). — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. | ||||||||||