Maranta arundinacea
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Maranta arundinacea, also known as arrowroot, maranta, West Indian arrowroot, obedience plant or Bermuda arrowroot is a large, perennial herb found in rainforest habitats of the Americas, but cultivat
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The root of M. arundinacea.
Calabash
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Calabash, also known as bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, birdhouse gourd, New Guinea bean, New Guinea butter bean, Tasmania bean, zucca melon and opo squash, is a vine which is grown fo
Maranta arundinacea
…first plants domesticated in prehistoric South America. Arrowroot, along with leren (Goeppertia allouia), squash (Cucurbita moschata), and bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) became cultivated plants in northern South American and Panama between 8200 BC and 5600 BC. Some archaeologists believe that arrowroot was first used…
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Bottle gourd curry
Pollen of Lagenaria siceraria (Size: ~60 microns)
Pear-shaped bottle gourd in Seoul, Korea