obedience plant, St Vincent arrowroot, West Indian arrowroot, arrowroot, Indian arrowroot
Botanical Details
Family
Marantaceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
Genus
Maranta are evergreen, rhizomatous perennials with blunt, broadly elliptic leaves often attractively marked or veined in contrasting colours; insignificant small white flowers are borne in racemes just above the foliage