West indian arrowroot: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)West indian arrowroot in English is the name of a plant defined with Maranta arundinacea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Stromanthe tonckat Eichl. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, or ‘Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants’ (1832)
· Marantaceae.
· Fl. Bras. (1890)
· Rapid Assessment Program Working Papers (1998)
· Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica
· Species Plantarum. (1797)
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Partial matches: Arrowroot, Indian.
Full-text: Tavakshira.
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