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Maranta arundinacea

Bermuda arrowroot

Other common names
obedience plant
St Vincent arrowroot
see moreWest Indian arrowroot
arrowroot
Indian arrowroot
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Botanical details
Family
Marantaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Maranta

Genus description

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

Name status

Correct

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