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Tacca chantrieri
About
Tacca chantrieri is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae. It was first described in 1901 by Édouard André. T. chantrieri is native to southeastern Asia. It is commonly known as the black bat flower due to its shape and coloring. The bat flower has unique pollination method in that it is mostly autonomous self pollinating. T. chantrieri prefers environments similar to its native region with tropical, moist conditions. The bat flower has been commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. Its purported uses are wide in range from common aliments to more complex conditions such as cancer.
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Tacca chantrieri
- Slug
- tacca-chantrieri
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Genus
- Tacca
- Species
- chantrieri
- Wikidata QID
- Q1427686
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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