id: 290

name: Arrowroot

flavor_bible_name_variants: arrowroot,choucroute

flavor_bible_pairings_ids:

status: draft

source: foodb,flavor_bible

food_db_name: Arrowroot

flavor_db_name_variants: arrowroot

name_scientific: Maranta arundinacea

description: Maranta arundinacea, also known as arrowroot maranta West Indian arrowroot, obedience plant, Bermuda arrowroot, araru, ararao or hulankeeriya, is a large, perennial herb found in rainforest habitats. It is cultivated for a starch obtained from the rhizomes (rootstock), which is called arrowroot. The name 'Arrowroot' lead many ayurveda doctors to use root stock of this plant instead of Curcuma angustifolia ("tikhur" in Hindi,"Koova" in Malayalam) a precious medicinal plant.

itis_id: 503694

wikipedia_id: Maranta_arundinacea

picture_file_name: 291.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 52198

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:39:23.000Z

legacy_id: 318

food_group: Vegetables

food_subgroup: Tubers

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:30.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:22.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 210060

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00290