Tacca — 3 species
Botanical species in the genus Tacca recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Medicinal
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Tacca leontopetaloides
Tacca leontopetaloides
Family: Taccaceae
Cultivation
A plant of low elevations in the moist tropics, where it is most commonly found near the sea and below elevations of 200 metres. Grows best in a fertile, humus-rich soil in the shade of trees. Plants can set seed three years from being a seedling.
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