Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tacca chantrieri André [Dioscoreaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
batflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cat's-whiskers	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
devil flower	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
devil-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jian gen shu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
khang khao dam	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
tacca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
老虎须	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蒟蒻薯	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蒟蒻薯叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizomes		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Tacca esquirolii (H.Lév.) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 17: 64 (1936).
Tacca minor Ridl. Mat. Fl. Malay. Penins. 2: 78 (1907).
Clerodendrum esquirolii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 298 (1912).
Schizocapsa breviscapa (Ostenf.) H.Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 11 (1928).
Schizocapsa itagakii Yamam. Contr. Fl. Hainan 1: 32 (1942).
Tacca garrettii Craib Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 106 (1912).
Tacca lancifolia var. breviscapa Ostenf. Bot. Tidsskr. 26: 165 (1904).
Tacca macrantha H.Limpr. Beitr. Kenttn. Tacca: 45 (1902).
Tacca paxiana H.Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 16 (1928).
Tacca roxburghii H.Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 18 (1928).
Tacca vespertilio Ridl. Mat. Fl. Malay. Penins. 2: 77 (1907).
Tacca wilsonii H.Limpr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 218 (1935).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tacca chantieri	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Tacca chantrieri Andre	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Tacca chantrieri André	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Tacca chantrieri Andrê	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
Tacca esquirolii (Levl.) Rehd.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Tacca minor	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Tacca minor Ridl.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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