Maranta arundinacea

Common name: Arrowroot

Family: Marantaceae

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Country of Origin: Mexico to Trop. America

Description: Arrowroot was one of the earliest plants to be domesticated for food in northern South America, with evidence of exploitation or cultivation of the plant dating back to 8200 BCE.⁴

Uses:

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USDA Zone:

Source: Kress Collection, SI#2002128

Provenance:

Kress# 02-7144
Kress, W. J., Temeles, E., Clark, J., Lopez, I.
Dominica: St. Joseph Parish
Layou River Road.
15.4128, -61.3925, 25 Apr 2002

herb, Shoots to 1 m, shoots and leaves green. Tubers white.  Flowers ephemeral, white.

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: commelinids
• Order: Zingiberales
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• Family: Marantaceae
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References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
3. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Monday, 15 July, 2019.
4. Wikipedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, 16 October, 2019.

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