Marantaceae
Arrowroot
Maranta arundinacea
- Family
- Marantaceae
- Genus
- Maranta
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Common names
By language (39)
- Afrikaans
- Araroet
- Arabic
- مرنطة قصبية, المرنطة, مورنطة قصبية
- Armenian
- Մարանտա եղեգնանման
- arz
- اروروت
- ban
- Krarus
- bik
- Uraro
- Bulgarian
- Арарот, Arrowroot, Ароурут, Маранта арундинацеа
- Burmese
- အာသာလွတ်
- Chinese
- 斑叶竹芋, 竹芋, 葛鬱金
- Dutch
- Arrowroot, Pijlwortel
- English
- Arrowroot
- Filipino
- Aruro, Arrow root, Arrowroot, Obedience plant
- Finnish
- Arrowjuuri, Arrow-jauho, Arrow-jauhot, Arrowjauho, Arrowjauhot, Nuolijuuri
- French
- Arrow-root, Marante, Rouroute
- German
- Pfeilwurz
- Haitian Creole
- Sagou
- Hindi
- अरारोट
- Indonesian
- Garut, Ararut, Irut
- io
- Aroruto
- Japanese
- クズウコン, アロールート
- Korean
- 갈울금
- Latvian
- Niedru maranta
- lfn
- Maranta
- Malay
- Ubi larut
- Malayalam
- കൂവ
- Marathi
- आरारूट
- nan
- Hún-chî, Hún-chû
- Persian
- مارانتا آروندیناسه
- Portuguese
- Araruta, Agutingue-pé
- pwn
- Katakuri
- Russian
- Маранта тростниковидная
- shn
- မၼ်းတွင်ၸိင်, တူၼ်ႈမၼ်းတွင်ၸိင်
- Spanish
- Arrurruz
- Sundanese
- Garut
- Swedish
- Arrowrot, Arrowroot
- Tamil
- கூகைக் கிழங்கு
- Thai
- สาคู
- Turkish
- Ararot
- Vietnamese
- Mì tinh, Bình tinh, Củ dong, Dong củ, Hoàng tinh
Synonyms
- Maranta arundinacea f. sylvestris Matuda
- Maranta arundinacea var. arundinacea
- Maranta arundinacea var. indica (Tussac) Petersen
- Maranta arundinacea var. variegata Ridl.
- Maranta indica Tussac
- Maranta minor Chantrier ex André
- Maranta ramosissima Wall.
- Maranta silvatica Roscoe
- Maranta sylvatica Roscoe ex Sm.
- Phrynium variegatum N.E.Br.
Flowers
- In flower
- August to March (from 79 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Liliana Ramírez-Freire, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Maria Janeiro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Guilherme Cameis Freda, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Claudio Cantú Muñiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Louis Figuier, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: François Delonnay/Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: François Delonnay, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.