Arrowroot

Maranta arundinacea
Also known as maranta (EN) West Indian arrowroot (EN) obedience plant (EN) Bermuda arrowroot (EN) araru (EN) ararao (EN) hulankeeriya (EN)

How to sow arrowroot: Plant rhizome with bud

Sun requirement for arrowroot: Plant in Full Sun

Arrowroot is a large, perennial herb that grows in rainforest habitats where temperatures are between 23-29 °C and the average rainfall is 150-200cm. It was one of the first plants to be domesticated for food in northern South America - as far back as 8200 BCE. Arrowroot is grown for it's edible rhizome, or root. The cylindrical, starchy rhizome is ground and used an alternative to flour and cornstarch.

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living and reproducing in a single year or less

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