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Arrowroot (Maranta arundinaceae) is a tropical plant that produces an edible starchy tuber widely used by indigenous peoples for medicine and cooking. The plant is native to South America, and to the West Indies where the native Arawaks used the plant as a dietary staple and also used the powder to draw out toxins from people wounded by poison arrows. Native Americans in both North and South America apply Arrowroot as a poultice for snakebite, insect stings or bites, and skin sores. There is…

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