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Non-scientific name:

polynesian arrowroot

1 Accepted name(s) for "polynesian arrowroot":

Accepted name
Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze

2 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:
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze

17 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "polynesian arrowroot":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
arrowroot de tahiti Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
arrowroot de taití Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
batflower Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
east indian arrowroot Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
fiji arrowroot Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fliktacca Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gapgap Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mahoa'a Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
masoa Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ostindisches teufelsblüte Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pia Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tacca Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tahiti arrowroot Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tahitian arrowroot Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
taka Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
takka Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
yabia Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)