Native records: 28 botanical areas
Belize, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, 25 more areas
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Maranta arundinacea
Arrowroot
Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
Climatically similar areas are not areas where the plant can grow.
Distribution areas
American Samoa
- SamoaIntroduced
Anguilla
- Leeward Is. AB AntNative
Antigua and Barbuda
- Leeward Is. AB AntNative
Bahamas
- BahamasIntroduced
Bangladesh
- BangladeshIntroduced
Barbados
- Windward Is.Native
Belize
- BelizeNative
Bermuda
- BermudaIntroduced
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Leeward Is. AB AntNative
- Netherlands AntillesIntroduced
Brazil
- Brazil West-CentralNative
Cambodia
- CambodiaIntroduced
China
- China South-CentralIntroduced
- China SoutheastIntroduced
- HainanIntroduced
Colombia
- ColombiaNative
Cook Islands
- Cook Is.Introduced
Costa Rica
- Costa RicaNative
Cuba
- CubaNative
Curaçao
- Netherlands AntillesIntroduced
Dominica
- Windward Is.Native
Dominican Republic
- Dominican RepublicNative
Ecuador
- EcuadorNative
El Salvador
- El SalvadorNative
Equatorial Guinea
- Equatorial GuineaIntroduced
- Gulf of Guinea Is.Introduced
French Guiana
- French GuianaNative
Gabon
- GabonIntroduced
Grenada
- Windward Is.Native
Guadeloupe
- Leeward Is. AB AntNative
Guatemala
- GuatemalaNative
Guyana
- GuyanaNative
Haiti
- HaitiNative
Honduras
- HondurasNative
Hong Kong
- China SoutheastIntroduced
India
- IndiaIntroduced
Jamaica
- JamaicaIntroduced
Japan
- Kazan-rettoIntroduced
Macao
- China SoutheastIntroduced
Martinique
- Windward Is.Native
Mauritius
- MauritiusIntroduced
Mexico
- Mexico CentralNative
- Mexico GulfNative
- Mexico NortheastNative
- Mexico NorthwestNative
- Mexico SoutheastNative
- Mexico SouthwestNative
Montserrat
- Leeward Is. AB AntNative
Myanmar
- MyanmarIntroduced
Nicaragua
- NicaraguaNative
Panama
- PanamaNative
Peru
- PeruNative
Philippines
- PhilippinesIntroduced
Puerto Rico
- HaitiNative
- Puerto RicoNative
Réunion
- RéunionIntroduced
Saint Barthélemy
- Leeward Is. AB AntNative
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Leeward Is. AB AntNative
Saint Lucia
- Windward Is.Native
Saint Martin (French part)
- Leeward Is. AB AntNative
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Windward Is.Native
Samoa
- SamoaIntroduced
Sao Tome and Principe
- Gulf of Guinea Is.Introduced
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Leeward Is. AB AntNative
Sri Lanka
- Sri LankaIntroduced
Suriname
- SurinamNative
Taiwan, Province of China
- China SoutheastIntroduced
- TaiwanIntroduced
Tonga
- TongaIntroduced
Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad-TobagoIntroduced
United States of America
- FloridaIntroduced
Vanuatu
- VanuatuIntroduced
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Leeward Is. AB AntNative
- VenezuelaNative
- Venezuelan AntillesNative
Virgin Islands (British)
- Leeward Is. AB AntNative
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- Leeward Is. AB AntNative
NativeIntroducedUncertain