Araceae
Gallan
Cyrtosperma merkusii
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Cyrtosperma
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Common names
By language (12)
- Chinese
- 曲籽芋
- Dutch
- Pulaka
- English
- Gallan, Babai, Giant swamp taro, Pulaka, Swamp taro
- French
- Taro géant des marais
- gil
- Babai
- Italian
- Babai, Pulaka, Taro gigante palustre
- Japanese
- ヌマサトイモ
- Lithuanian
- Valgomasis strėlenis
- Samoan
- Pula’a
- Thai
- กลี
- Tongan
- Babai
- tpi
- Swam taro
Synonyms
- Arisacontis chamissonis Schott
- Cyrtosperma bantamense Koord.
- Cyrtosperma chamissonis (Schott) Merr.
- Cyrtosperma cuspidilobum Schott
- Cyrtosperma dubium Schott
- Cyrtosperma edule Schott
- Cyrtosperma ferox N.E.Br. & Linden
- Cyrtosperma intermedium Schott
- Cyrtosperma lasioides Griff.
- Cyrtosperma merkusii var. giganteum Nadeaud
- Cyrtosperma merkusii var. intermedium (Schott) Engl.
- Cyrtosperma nadeaudianum J.W.Moore
- Lasia merkusii Hassk.
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brigitte & Heinz, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.