Steinmetz:Maranta
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Maranta arundinacea (and other species)
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Marantaceae
- English Names
- West-Indian Arrow root
- Bermuda Arrow root
- Maranta
- Natural Habitat
- South America
- West Indies Islands (especially St. Vincent); cultivated in Bengal
- Indonesia
- Philippines
- Part(s) Used
- Amylum Marantae (the starch of the rootstock)
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- Constituent(s)
- Action
- demulcent
- alexipharmic
- nutritive
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