EPPO Global Database

Tacca leontopetaloides(TCCLE)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-14

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: TCCLE
  • Preferred name: Tacca leontopetaloides
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Kuntze

Notes

India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (Taiwan), Africa (except Namibia, Botswana, South Africa), Madagascar, New Guinea, Australia (Western, Northern, Queensland), Pacific islands


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Tacca involucrata Schumacher & Thonning
Tacca pinnatifida Forster & G. Forster

Common names
Name Language
East Indian arrowroot English
Indian arrowroot English
lion's whiskers English
tacca English
Tahiti arrowroot English
Takka German
fécule de Pia French
tacca French
fecula de Pea Spanish
sagú de Polinesia Spanish (MX)
fecola di Pia Italian
tacca Italian
araruta-do-taiti Portuguese
jǔ ruò shǔ Chinese
蒟蒻薯 Chinese