About Arrowroot Fruit plants

Historically, arrowroot has been used for its medicinal properties. Most of its potential health benefits are linked to its starch content and composition..Arrowroot is a plant. People use starch taken from the root and rhizome (underground stem) to make medicine. Arrowroot is used as a nutritional food for infants and for people recovering from illness. It is also used for stomach and intestinal disorders, including diarrhea. Some people sooth painful gums and sore mouth by applying arrowroot directly to the affected area. Babies cut teeth on arrowroot cookies. In foods, arrowroot is used as an ingredient in cooking.

Arrowroot is often replaced with cheaper starches, including potato, corn, wheat, or rice starch. arrowroot fruit plants in Kerala Arrowroot, which belongs to the Marantaceae plant family, is widely considered an easily digested and nutritious starch. The herb is extracted from the fleshy roots, called rhizomes, of the arrowroot plant through an elaborate process of washing, peeling, soaking, and drying in the sun. The end product is a fine, white powder with the same appearance and texture as cornstarch. Arrowroot is valued by herbalists primarily for its demulcent and antidiarrheal properties. Exactly how it produces its therapeutic effects is not known. The chemical composition of the herb has not been thoroughly investigated. .

Mature Height : 1.5 m

Sunlight : Full Sun

Fruit Color : white

Family : Marantaceae

Botanical Name : Maranta

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