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Taxon:
Tacca leontopetaloides
(L.) Kuntze
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Tacca
Family:
Taccaceae
Nomen number:
70775
Place of publication:
Revis. gen. pl. 2:704. 1891
Verified:
05/31/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Tacca hawaiiensis
H. Limpr.
Tacca involucrata
Schumach.
Tacca pinnatifida
J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Note:
based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
http://www.skud.info
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
Flora of Java. 1963-1968
Bosser, J. M. et al., eds.
Flores des Mascareignes. 1976-
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
Encke, F. et al.
Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Erhardt, W. et al.
Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
Flach, M. & F. Rumawas, eds.
1996. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 9:156-159.
http://proseanet.org
George, A. S., ed.
Flora of Australia. 1980-
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 4:428.
Jardin botanique national de Belgique.
Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale). 1967-
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Note:
American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
Rehm, S.
Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Smith, A. C.
Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds.
Flora of Thailand. 1970-
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
Flora malesiana. 1948-
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Wagner, W. L. et al.
Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i. 1990
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
East Indian arrowroot –
Reference(s)
Fiji arrowroot –
Reference(s)
Polynesian arrowroot –
Reference(s)
Tahiti arrowroot –
Reference(s)
French
arrowroot de Tahiti –
Reference(s)
tacca –
Reference(s)
German
ostindisches Teufelsblüte –
Reference(s)
Takka –
Reference(s)
Hawaiian
pia –
Reference(s)
Spanish
arrowroot de Taití –
Reference(s)
yabia –
Reference(s)
Swedish
fliktacca –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Gambia
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea-Bissau
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mali
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Zaire
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Papua New Guinea
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Northern Territory
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Queensland
n.
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Western Australia
n.
1
Native
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Micronesia
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Samoa
2
Cultivated
also cult.
6
Other
probably native or natzd. elsewhere in paleotropics
Native
Africa
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
,
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zimbabwe
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Gambia
,
Guinea-Bissau
,
Mali
,
Nigeria
,
Senegal
,
Sierra Leone
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
,
Zaire
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Sri Lanka
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
,
Papua New Guinea
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[Northern Territory, Queensland (n.), Western Australia (n.)]
Pacific
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
,
Samoa
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Other
(probably native or natzd. elsewhere in paleotropics)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Human food
potential as starch (fide Pl Res SEAs 9:159. 1996) –
Reference(s)
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses