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Maranta arundinacea

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Internal ID UUID644000472b51e453314738
Scientific name Maranta arundinacea
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 2 (1753)

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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Maranta arundinacea var. indica Petersen Fl. Bras. 3(3): 146 (1890)
Maranta arundinacea f. sylvestris Matuda Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 21: 340 (1951)
Maranta indica Tussac Fl. Antill. 1: 183 (1813)
Maranta ramosissima Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 51 (1832)
Maranta sylvatica Roscoe ex Sm. Cycl. 22: n.º 3 (1812)
Maranta arundinacea var. variegata Ridl. Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 9: 73. 1891
Maranta silvatica Roscoe Trans. Linn. Soc. 8: 340. 1807.
Phrynium variegatum N.E.Br. Ill. Hort. 33: 125 (1886)
Maranta minor Chantrier ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 69: 402 (1897)

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Language Common/alternative name
English arrowroot
Spanish arrurruz
Afrikaans araroet
Arabic مرنطة قصبية
Arabic مورنطة قصبية
Arabic أروروت
Arabic المرنطة
ban krarus
bcl uraro
German pfeilwurz
Persian مارانتا آروندیناسه
Finnish arrow-jauho
Finnish arrow-jauhot
Finnish arrowjauho
Finnish arrowjauhot
Finnish nuolijuuri
Finnish arrowjuuri
French rouroute
French arrow-root
French marante
Hindi अरारोट
ht sagou
Armenian Մարանտա եղեգնանման
Indonesian garut
Indonesian irut
Indonesian ararut
io aroruto
Japanese クズウコン
Japanese アロールート
Korean 갈울금
Latvian niedru maranta
Malayalam കൂവ
Marathi आरारूट
Malay ubi larut
nan hún-chû
nan hún-chî
Dutch arrowroot
Dutch pijlwortel
Portuguese araruta
Portuguese agutingue-pé
pwn katakuri
Russian Маранта тростниковидная
su garut
Swedish arrowroot
Swedish arrowrot
Tamil கூகைக் கிழங்கு
Thai สาคู
Turkish ararot
Vietnamese mì tinh
Vietnamese hoàng tinh
Vietnamese dong củ
Vietnamese củ dong
Vietnamese bình tinh
Chinese 竹芋
Chinese 斑叶竹芋
Chinese 葛鬱金

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native
  • Africa
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Equatorial Guinea
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Mauritius
      • Réunion
  • Asia-temperate
    • China
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Hainan
    • Eastern Asia
      • Kazan-retto
      • Taiwan
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh
      • India
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Cambodia
    • Malesia
      • Philippines
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
  • Pacific
    • South-central Pacific
      • Cook Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Samoa
      • Tonga
      • Vanuatu
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Bermuda
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Netherlands Antilles
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000466473
UNII S4BQ65232F
Florida Plant Atlas 1927
USDA Plants MAAR3
Tropicos 19700214
INPN 447849
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:280408-2
The Plant List kew-253261
Open Tree Of Life 853561
Observations.org 337081
NCBI Taxonomy 210060
Nature Serve 2.137769
IPNI 280408-2
iNaturalist 126240
iNaturalist 126244
GBIF 2761352
Freebase /m/0qjzt
EPPO MARAR
EOL 1116525
Elurikkus 298125
USDA GRIN 23393
Wikipedia Maranta_arundinacea

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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On-farm crop diversity, conservation, importance and value: a case study of landraces from Western Ghats of Karnataka, India Puneeth GM, Gowthami R, Katral A, Laxmisha KM, Vasudeva R, Singh GP, Archak S Sci Rep 10-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11087530
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-61428-1
PMID:38730080
Pectate lyase genes from Radopholus similis and their application in pathotype identification Yang S, Yang S, Li Q, Lu Y, Huang X, Chen C, Xu C, Xie H Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 12-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11009743
doi:10.1007/s00253-024-13124-3
PMID:38607493
Using high-throughput phenotype platform MVS-Pheno to reconstruct the 3D morphological structure of wheat Li W, Wu S, Wen W, Lu X, Liu H, Zhang M, Xiao P, Guo X, Zhao C AoB Plants 29-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11041051
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plae019
PMID:38660049
Amazonian useful plants described in the book “Le Pays des Amazones” (1885) of the Brazilian propagandist Baron de Santa-Anna Nery: a historical and ethnobotanical perspective Silva LN, Oliveira EC, Baratto LC J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 26-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10897987
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00663-2
PMID:38409064
CRISPR/Cas9: an advanced platform for root and tuber crops improvement Divya K, Thangaraj M, Krishna Radhika N Front Genome Ed 19-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10836405
doi:10.3389/fgeed.2023.1242510
PMID:38312197
Bird species richness and diversity responses to land use change in the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya Mugatha SM, Ogutu JO, Piepho HP, Maitima JM Sci Rep 19-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10798997
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-52107-2
PMID:38243068
Selenium Nanoparticles: Green Synthesis and Biomedical Application Mikhailova EO Molecules 15-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10745377
doi:10.3390/molecules28248125
PMID:38138613
Edible flora in pre-Columbian Caribbean coprolites: Expected and unexpected data Reynoso-García J, Santiago-Rodriguez TM, Narganes-Storde Y, Cano RJ, Toranzos GA PLoS One 11-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10566737
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0292077
PMID:37819893
Effect of Edible Coating Made from Arrowroot Flour and Kaffir Lime Leaf Essential Oil on the Quality Changes of Pork Sausage under Prolonged Refrigerated Storage Venkatachalam K, Ieamkheng S, Noonim P, Lekjing S Foods 08-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10572239
doi:10.3390/foods12193691
PMID:37835344
Characterization of arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea) starch as a potential starch source for the food industry Malki MK, Wijesinghe JA, Ratnayake RH, Thilakarathna GC Heliyon 09-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10559777
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20033
PMID:37810033
Novel Perspectives on Food-Based Natural Antimicrobials: A Review of Recent Findings Published since 2020 Sar T, Kiraz P, Braho V, Harirchi S, Akbas MY Microorganisms 05-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10536795
doi:10.3390/microorganisms11092234
PMID:37764078
The Effect of Dual-Modification by Heat-Moisture Treatment and Octenylsuccinylation on Physicochemical and Pasting Properties of Arrowroot Starch Marta H, Rismawati A, Soeherman GP, Cahyana Y, Djali M, Yuliana T, Sondari D Polymers (Basel) 28-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10421524
doi:10.3390/polym15153215
PMID:37571112
Special Issue: Research and Application of Food By-Products Różyło R Molecules 05-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10254119
doi:10.3390/molecules28114557
PMID:37299030
Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Activity of Different Species of Fabiana sp. Extract Obtained via Maceration and Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction against Staphylococcus epidermidis Martínez Chamás J, Isla MI, Zampini IC Plants (Basel) 29-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10180551
doi:10.3390/plants12091830
PMID:37176887
Do carbon stocks and floristic diversity of tropical homegardens vary along an elevational gradient and based on holding size in central Kerala, India? Kumar BM Agrofor Syst 07-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10081327
doi:10.1007/s10457-023-00821-7
PMID:37193256

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