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