Arrowroot/Uraro Production
Arrowroot Marantha arundinacea or “Uraro” is wide cultivated in the Philippines for its starchy rhizomes. It is a low perennial herbaceous plant with thick, fleshy and creeping roots and long white fibers and is a good source of flour. arrowroot flour has a very high commercial value in the international market because it is best ingredients in making high quality biscuits and cookies. VARIETAL STRAIN There is no distinct variety of arrowroot in the Philippines as this crop is grown mostly in a semi cultivated condition. However, Tiaong Experimental Station had so far collected different stains, Namely: Cuenca strain, san Pablo and a foreign one from Africa. calauan strain was discovered in 1962 at a coconut groove in Calauan, laguna. this strain grows taller and produces more rhizomes than other known strains. CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS Arrowroot thrives anywhere and the Philippines provided there is enough moisture in the soil for its normal growth anddevelopment.it grows bets in pl