This is a great case it underlines the fact that careful botanical identification and nomenclature is soooo very important. its a story of arrowroot.
arrowroot by many names. since arrowroot is used in cooking all over the world, i looked it up. and culinary books are of not much help. DR Sabu says the plant in this case is Curcuma angustifolia with its distinctive flowers and flowering habit where flowers came out first before Ashutosh found the leaves sprouting. Thank you Dr Sabu. FOI says it is *east* Indian arrowroot <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/East%20Indian%20Arrowroot.html> their roots are short stocky per this utube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7kZowk30xw>. Ethnic uses are for stomach ache, worming, weaning purposes. <http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/13422> (quite different from culinary use all over the world. the spice: arrowroot, see below).) I thought arrowroot powder my mom used in the kitchen was Maranta arundinacea <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maranta_arundinacea> i find it is called *west* indian arrowroot the roots look very different <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maranta_arundinacea#/media/File:Arrowroots.JPG> and here too <https://www.naturalfoodseries.com/11-benefits-arrowroot/> and to confuse the arrowroot story there is Queensland arrowroot <https://malenyediblegardening.com.au/arrowroot-canna-edulis/> sometimes called *j**ust *Arrowroot <http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/content/achira.htm> which is Canna edulis <http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/content/achira.htm> all their leaves look more or less similar flowers are different, roots, tubers are different and so is taste and culinary uses in real life. usha di On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 1:50 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot, Ashutosh ji > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Mamiyil Sabu <> > Date: Wed 1 Aug, 2018, 11:17 AM > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:298967] Curcuma species id requested > To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > > > Curcuma angustifolia. > *Dr. M. Sabu* > > > > > > *Professor Department of BotanyUniversity of CalicutKerala, 673 635, > IndiaPhone: 91--4952431545Mobile: 91- 09447636333* > Website: www.gingersofindia.com > http://www.universityofcalicut.info/index.php?option=com_content&; > task=view&id=2175&Itemid=246 > <http://www.universityofcalicut.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=195> > Google scholar:https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user= > BkXpK9IAAAAJ&hl=en > > > On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 at 11:15, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for id pl >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Ashutosh Sharma <[email protected]> >> Date: Tue 17 Jul, 2018, 10:29 AM >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:298967] Curcuma species id requested >> To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >> Cc: indiantreepix <[email protected]> >> >> >> Sir here are the images of leaves and rhizome . >> Photographed today morning >> >> Regards >> Ashutosh Sharma >> >> On Jul 16, 2018 9:44 PM, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Ashutosh ji >>> >>> On Tue 3 Jul, 2018, 1:45 PM ashutoshsharma11sn, < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Sabu ji , >>>> >>>> I will post the leaves and rhizome images soon near mid July as I am >>>> currently out of station. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Ashutosh Sharma >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
