Tacca chantrieri (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Tacca chantrieri André
- Protologue: Rev. Hort. 73: 541 (1901).
Synonyms
Tacca paxiana H. Limpr. (1928).
Vernacular names
- Thailand: di ngu wa (northern), neraphusi thai (central), wan phangphon (peninsular)
- Vietnam: râu hùm, cẩm dia la, pinh dỏ.
Distribution
Eastern India, Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, southern China, Thailand and northern Peninsular Malaysia.
Uses
In Vietnam the rhizome is macerated in alcohol and used externally to treat rheumatism. In Thailand the rhizomes are used as an antipyretic, whereas cooked young leaves and inflorescences are eaten as a vegetable.
Observations
- A perennial herb with cylindrical rhizome up to 10 cm × 1.5 cm
- Leaves elliptical to ovate or lanceolate, 17-60 cm × 4.5-22 cm, entire, petiole 11-43 cm long
- Inflorescence with scape up to 65 cm long, 4 large, decussate involucral bracts, many filiform bracts and up to 25 flowers; flowers up to 2 cm in diameter, green to blackish-violet
- Fruit 1.5-4 cm × 1-2 cm, green to deep orange-red or purple
- Seeds reniform.
T. chantrieri occurs in primary and secondary forest, up to 1400(-2100) m altitude.
Selected sources
247, 249, 1008.
Main genus page
Authors
R.H.M.J. Lemmens