This member of the Marantaceae Family ranges from here in Panama to Brazil. It is known as Sweet Corn Root as the roots are large and edible. The genus goes by the local name of Bijao.
to 3 m, stems dark green, inflorescence node deep purple-maroon, bracts green flushed maroon, fruit pale green Project web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
herb to 1.5 m; bracts yellow-green, tepal outer surface green, inner surface pale pink, pistil white. Photo Project web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
Kampung Hilir, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.Maranta arundinacea L. Marantaceae. CN: [Malay - Ubi sagu belanda, Ubi larut (sharing name with Canna indica), Ubi bemban, Ubi garut, Ubi sagu], Arrowroot. Exact native range in neotropics obscure; widely cultivated in tropics. Source of food and folk medicines.Synonym(s):Maranta arundinacea var. indica (Tussac) Petersen Maranta arundinacea f. sylvestris Matuda Maranta arundinacea var. variegatum (N.E. Br.)Maranta indica Tussac Maranta ramosissima Wall.Maranta silvatica Roscoe Maranta sylvatica Roscoe ex Sm.Maranta tessellata var. kegeljanii E.Morren Phrynium variegatum N.E.Br. [Unplaced]Ref. and suggested reading"www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-253261www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?23393en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrowrootwww.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN...