Maranta

Maranta can refer to:

• The Marantaceae family of "prayer plants", including arrowroot
• Maranta (genus), a genus within that family

Maranta as a personal name may refer to:

• In author citation (botany), Maranta is Bartolomeo Maranta, the 16th century botanist for whom the Marantaceae are named and also a literary theorist
• Barry Maranta, Australian sports administrator
• For Edgard Aristide Maranta, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar; for Edgar Aristide Maranta (possibly the same person), see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam
• Maranta, a character in the Dragonlance series; see List of minor Dragonlance characters#Kang's Regiment