Plant Details

Accepted name:: Maranta arundinacea L. [Marantaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agutiguepe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
american arrowroot	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
angkrik	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ararut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
araruta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
araruta do brasil	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
araruta-comum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
araruta-palmeira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
araruttukkilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aroruttu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arrow	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
arrow root	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
arrow root plant	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
arrowmehl	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arrowroot	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
arrowrootkizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arrowrot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arruruz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
aruruttukkilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arus	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bermuda arrowroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
berolu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chuchute tamalera	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
citalapattiri	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citalapattirikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
das antilhas ou das índias ocidentais	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
fěn shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gaerut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
garut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gé yù jīn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
herbe aux flèches	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hulankeeriya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
irut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jelarut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jiāng shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jīn sǔn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kookai neer	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kookaineer	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
koovai kizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koovaikizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kove hittu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuamau	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuamou	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukai niru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuvai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuvehittu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuvva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
larut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maranta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
marante	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
medawik china	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
midon	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
nggarut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
obedience plant	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
palagunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palagunta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pfeilwurz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rarut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sagu	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
sagu belanda	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sagu rarut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
st. vincent arrow	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
st. vincent arrow root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
st. vincent arrowroot	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
taung-sun	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
tavaksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tavaksiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tavkil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thinbaw-adalut	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
tikhor	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tikhur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tikkor	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tugaksiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ubi bemban	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi garut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi karut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ubi sakut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
w.indian arrowroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
waerut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
west indian arrow	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
west indian arrowroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
zhú yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhōng shùn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
姜薯	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
忠顺草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
竹芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
粉薯	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葛郁金	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金笋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Tubes		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Stem		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
rhizome		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
starch	vegetal drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Maranta indica Tussac Fl. Antill. 1: 183 (1813).
Maranta arundinacea var. indica (Tussac) Petersen in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 146 (1890).
Maranta arundinacea f. sylvestris Matuda Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 21: 340 (1951).
Maranta arundinacea var. variegata Ridl. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 9: 73 (1891).
Maranta minor Chantrier ex André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 69: 402 (1897).
Maranta ramosissima Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 51 (1832).
Maranta sylvatica Roscoe ex Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 22: n.° 3 (1812).
Phrynium variegatum N.E.Br. Ill. Hort. 33: 125 (1886), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Maranta arundinaca L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Maranta arundinacae	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Maranta arundinacea	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Maranta arundinacea L.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Maranta arundinacea Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Maranta arundinacea Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Maranta arundinaceae	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Maranta indica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Marantha arundinaceae L.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

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