Arrowroot (disambiguation)

Arrowroot refers to an edible starch obtained from several tropical plants, these include:

• Maranta arundinacea, called arrowroot, the traditional source of the starch
• Cassava (Manihot esculenta), produces tapioca, also called Brazilian arrowroot
• Florida arrowroot was a commercial starch derived from Zamia pumila, harvested from the wild in Florida.

Other plants called arrowroot include:

• 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
• Pueraria lobata, Japanese arrowroot, also called kudzu
• Queensland arrowroot, a cultivar belonging to the Canna Agriculture Group
• Thalia geniculata
• Tacca leontopetaloides, known among other names as the Polynesian arrowroot

Other uses

• Arrowroot (Yoshino Kuzu), a 1931 novel by Junichiro 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