Maranta ruiziana
Koern.
Ma-ke'-ree-pa, Sio, Inchahuy
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Description
A tropical herb in the Marantaceae family that grows 1–1.3 m high and is cultivated as a food plant.
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Edible Uses
The rhizome is harvested for starch; the root and fruit are also edible portions.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Peru, South America, Suriname, Venezuela,
Other Information
It is a cultivated food plant.
Synonyms
Maranta dichotoma Poepp. ex Korn.
Also Known As
Chiki, Maaihiiba
References (4)
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 523
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
- Schultes, R. E., 1987, Little-Known Cultivated Plants of the Colombian Amazonia. Economic Botany 41(3): 446-450
- Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 420
