Maranta arundinacea/Hulankeeriya

Botanical name:Maranta arundinacea

 Family :MARANTACEAE
Names in different languages: 
   Sinhala:hHulankeeriya
   English : Arrow root plant
   Tamil :Kilangu, Aralottuk, Aruruttukkilangu

   Sanskrit: :
Distribution: Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Lesser Antilles, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana,Jamaica, Bahamas, Bermuda, the Netherlands Antilles, India, Sri Lanka, China Mauritius, Réunion, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Florida, Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines. 

Status: Under cultivation
Edible parts: Tuber 
Ayurvedicusage: 
   Treatment for:Snake poisoning, Wounds.
Parts use to make medicine: Tubes
Propagation: Storage Organ (Tuberous Root), Division

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