Arrowroot Plant
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Scientific name
Maranta arundinacea
English Name
Bermuda arrowroot
Malayalam name
കൂവ
Common name
Arrowroot
Description
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : warm, humid, tropical climates with partial shade.
- Leaves : green, ovate-oblong, alternate, with long, leafy
- Flowers : small white
- Rhizomes : yellowish-white
How to use
- Diarrhea : Starch obtained from rhizome is used in dysentery, diarrhea,bronchitis.
- It is a nourishing food for infants.
Uses
Digestion, Diarrhea,Skin conditions
Parts used
Rhizomes
Conservation
Propagation & Cultivation
Arrowroot is propagated by cutting its underground rhizomes into sections, each with at least one bud or eye. These pieces are planted in well-drained soil during the rainy season or with regular watering. New shoots will sprout from the buds and grow into full plants.
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