Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze [Dioscoreaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adavi dumpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
african arrowroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
african arrowroot lily	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
arrowroot de tahiti	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arrowroot de taití	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
batflower	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cancivikkarunai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chondang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
daeva kaanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dev-kamod	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
diva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
east indian arrowroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
fiji arrowroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fliktacca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gapgap	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gerandi kidaran	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
handee gedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hawaiian arrowroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaattu karunai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachunda	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaddu-churangle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karachenie-kandam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karachunai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
karachunnie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karikkarunai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunaippala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu-c-cenai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuchena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukkarunai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katu-schena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kechondang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kolyacho-amd	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leker	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
likir	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lukeh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mahoa'a	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
masoa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ngoma kiula	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ostindisches teufelsblüte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pedda-kanda-jadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddakandagadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
periya-karunaikkizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
periyakarunaikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
polynesian arrowroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ritta kanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sardecho-mad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
surna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suurana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) 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)
takka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yabia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
tuber, leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Tacca involucrata Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 177 (1827).
Tacca pinnatifida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Char. Gen. Pl.: 70 (1776).
Arisaema gracile (Roxb.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 3: 21 (1841).
Arum gracile Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 65 (1814).
Chaitaea tacca Sol. ex Seem. Fl. Vit.: 102 (1866).
Leontice leontopetaloides L. Sp. Pl.: 313 (1753).
Podophyllum trilobum Burm. Fl. Malab.: 6 (1769).
Tacca abyssinica Hochst. ex Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 413 (1898).
Tacca artocarpifolia Seem. Fl. Vit.: 101 (1866).
Tacca brownii Seem. Fl. Vit.: 100 (1866).
Tacca brownii var. paeoniifolia Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 30 (1928).
Tacca dubia Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 167 (1829).
Tacca gaogao Blanco Fl. Filip.: 262 (1837).
Tacca hawaiiensis H.Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 30 (1928).
Tacca involucrata var. acutifolia (H.Limpr.) H.Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 29 (1928).
Tacca maculata Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15: 480 (1841), not validly publ.
Tacca madagascariensis Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 350 (1837).
Tacca madagascariensis (H.Limpr.) H.Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 29 (1928).
Tacca oceanica Seem. J. Bot. 4: 261 (1866).
Tacca phallifera Rumph. ex E.A.Duchesne Répert. Pl. Utiles Globe: 42 (1836), nom. superfl.
Tacca pinnatifida var. acutifolia H.Limpr. Beitr. Kenttn. Tacca: 55 (1902).
Tacca pinnatifida var. brownii (Seem.) F.M.Bailey Compr. Cat. Queensland Pl., ed. 2: 548 (1913).
Tacca pinnatifida subsp. interrupta Warb. ex H.Limpr. Beitr. Kenttn. Tacca: 56 (1902).
Tacca pinnatifida subsp. involucrata (Schumach. & Thonn.) H.Limpr. Beitr. Kenttn. Tacca: 55 (1902).
Tacca pinnatifida subsp. madagascariensis H.Limpr. Beitr. Kenttn. Tacca: 53 (1902).
Tacca pinnatifida f. obtusata Limpr. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 42: 29 (1928).
Tacca pinnatifida var. paeoniifolia Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 533 (1915).
Tacca pinnatifida var. permagna Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 532 (1915).
Tacca pinnatifolia Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 43 (1788), nom. superfl.
Tacca quanzensis Welw. Apont.: 591 (1859).
Tacca umbrarum Jum. & H.Perrier Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 2, 8: 386 (1910).
Tacca viridis Hemsl. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 26: t. 2515 (1897).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tacca involucrata Schumann et Thonning	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Tacca leontopetaloides	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal Pl. in S Pacific (WHO, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) O.K.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Tacca pinnatifida	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Tacca pinnatifida Forst.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Tacca pinnatifida Forst. f.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Tacca pinnatifida Forster	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Tacca pinnatifida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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