Maranta arundinacea L.
- Common Name: Arrowroot
- Family: Marantaceae Peterson
- Country of Origin: Mexico to Trop. America
- Habitat: Escaped in damp ditches along roadside.
- 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
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201900216
- 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.
- Accession Date: 07-10-2019
- Bench: 3207 - ZING: Zingiber
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-10-2024
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Marantaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe:
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Flowering Data:
This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
- WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
- 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.
- Wikipedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, 16 October, 2019.
data regenerated on Thu, 10 Oct 2024 12:03:03 -0400 [bcm v4.0]