Maranta arundinacea

Traditional uses

  • Antidote

    Tradition: Turkey

  • Convalescence

    Tradition: Venezuela

  • Demulcent

    Tradition: West Indies

  • Depurative

    Tradition: Trinidad

  • Erysipelas

    Tradition: Trinidad

  • Hoarseness

    Tradition: Dominican Republic

  • Medicine

    Tradition: India

  • Shampoo

    Tradition: Elsewhere

  • Sore

    Tradition: West Indies

  • Sore(Throat)

    Tradition: Dominican Republic

  • Sunburn

    Tradition: Trinidad

  • Vulnerary

    Tradition: Elsewhere

Chemicals

  • ASCORBIC-ACID

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 70 to 215

  • ASH

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 9000 to 37000

  • CARBOHYDRATES

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 295000 to 911000

  • BETA-CAROTENE

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 0

  • FIBER

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 19000 to 61000

  • NIACIN

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 5 to 16

  • PROTEIN

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 16000 to 56000

  • STARCH

    Plant part: Rhizome. Amount: 250000 to 695000

  • THIAMIN

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 0.8 to 4

  • RIBOFLAVIN

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 0.2 to 0.7

  • CALCIUM

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 150 to 467

  • IRON

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 19 to 75