A perennial plant of the Arrowroot family native to tropical America, similar to canna (illustration). It is cultivated in tropical regions because its swollen rhizomes produce high-quality edible starch called arrowroot starch. It grows 60-180cm tall and produces fleshy, cylindrical, obovate rhizomes underground. The leaves grow alternately in two rows, and the leaf sheaths clasp the stem, producing large, egg-shaped or elliptical leaf blades similar to canna. Flower stalks emerge from the leaves, branching sparsely and bearing several white flowers at the tips of each stalk. Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
熱帯アメリカ原産のカンナに似たクズウコン科の多年草(イラスト)。肥大した地下茎からアロールートデンプンとよぶ良質の食用デンプンが採れるため熱帯域で栽植される。 高さ60~180cm,地下に多肉質で円柱状倒卵形の地下茎を生じる。葉は2列に互生し,葉鞘(ようしよう)部は茎を抱き,カンナに似た大型で,卵形あるいは楕円形の葉身を出す。葉中から花茎を出し,まばらに分枝し,その先端部に数個ずつの白色の花をつける。
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