Non scientific name details for batflower - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

batflower

2 Accepted name(s) for "batflower":

Accepted name
Tacca chantrieri André
Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze

3 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)	Tacca chantrieri André	Tacca chantrieri André	Tacca chantrieri André
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze	Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze	Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze	Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze	Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze

15 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "batflower":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
cat's-whiskers	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
devil-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
east indian arrowroot	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fiji arrowroot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gapgap	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jian gen shu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mahoa'a	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
masoa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
polynesian arrowroot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tacca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tahiti arrowroot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tahitian arrowroot	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
taka	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yabia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)