- Source: Arrowroot (disambiguation)
Arrowroot is to an edible starch obtained from several tropical plants.
Arrowroot may also refer to:
Plants
Maranta arundinacea, called arrowroot, the traditional source of the starch
Queensland arrowroot, a cultivar of M. arundinacea belonging to the Canna Agriculture Group
Cassava (Manihot esculenta), produces tapioca, also called Brazilian arrowroot
Florida arrowroot, a commercial starch derived from Zamia pumila, harvested from the wild in Florida
Achillea millefolium, commonly known as yarrow
Colocasia esculenta, sometimes called arrowroot in East Africa
Curcuma angustifolia, a plant with a starchy root cultivated in India
Kudzu (Pueraria lobata), Japanese arrowroot
Thalia geniculata, a plant species widespread across tropical Africa and much of the Americas
Tacca leontopetaloides, known among other names as the Polynesian arrowroot
Other uses
Arrowroot (novel) (Yoshino kuzu), a 1931 novel by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Arrowroot, son of Arrowshirt, a fictional character in a 1969 parody novel Bored of the Rings
See also
Arrowhead, Sagittaria species that can be used as a root vegetable
Arrowweed, Pluchea sericea, which has edible roots
