Tacca integrifolia Ker Gawl.

 
  • Family : TACCACEAE
    (Batflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BAGH-MOOCHH FAMILY (बाघ-मूंछ फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Dioscoreaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ataccia integrifolia (Ker Gawl.) C.Presl; Ataccia aspera (Roxb.) Kunth; Ataccia laevis (Roxb.) Kunth; Ataccia lancifolia (Zoll. & Moritzi) Kunth; Tacca aspera Roxb.; Tacca choudhuriana Deb; Tacca laevis Roxb.; Tacca lancifolia Zoll. & Moritzi; Tacca rafflesiana Jack ex Wall.; Tacca sumatrana H.Limpr.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Tacca integrifolia Ker Gawl.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Perennial, rhizomatous herbs; Leaves radical, long petioled, elliptic-ovate to oblong; Inflorescence umbel subtended by two pairs of spathacious involucral bracts, glabrous or puberulous; Flowers greenish-white to greenish-yellow or chocolate-brown to violet with purple veins; Fruits oblong, fimbriate, strongly 6-ribbed.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-November
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 187
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tacca integrifolia. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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