Dioscoreaceae
Black bat flower
Tacca chantrieri
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Genus
- Tacca
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- زهرة الخفاش
- Azerbaijani
- Qara yarasa çiçəyi
- bar
- Fleedermausbleamé
- Bulgarian
- Черно прилепче
- Burmese
- လင်းဆွဲဂမုန်း, ကြွက်မြီးဂမုန်း, ဂမုန်းနတ်ကွက်
- Cebuano
- Tacca
- Chinese
- 箭根薯, 蒟蒻薯, 大叶屈头鸡, 箭根, 老虎须, 药蒻薯, 蒟蒻薯叶
- Czech
- Taka velkokvětá
- Dutch
- Vleermuisbloem
- English
- Black bat flower, Cat's whiskers, Devil flower
- Estonian
- Must nahkhiirelill
- Finnish
- Takka, Tummaviiksikki
- French
- Fleur chauve-souris
- German
- Fledermausblume
- Hebrew
- פרח העטלף
- Indonesian
- Bunga kelelawar hitam
- lah
- چمچڑی پھل
- Lithuanian
- Rudoji karčiuotė
- Malayalam
- വവ്വാൽപ്പൂവ്
- Polish
- Krąpiel Chantriera
- Russian
- Такка Шантрье
- Serbian
- Шишмишев цвет
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈတွင်ၸိင်လမ်, တွင်ၸိင်လမ်
- Swedish
- Tacca
- Thai
- เนระพูสีไทย
- war
- Tacca
Synonyms
- Clerodendrum esquirolii H.Lév.
- Schizocapsa breviscapa (Ostenf.) H.Limpr.
- Schizocapsa itagakii Yamam.
- Tacca esquirolii (H.Lév.) Rehder
- Tacca garrettii Craib
- Tacca lancifolia var. breviscapa Ostenf.
- Tacca macrantha H.Limpr.
- Tacca minor Ridl.
- Tacca paxiana H.Limpr.
- Tacca roxburghii H.Limpr.
- Tacca vespertilio Ridl.
- Tacca wilsonii H.Limpr.
Photos
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Tacca
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- TaccaTacca palmataDioscoreaceae
- Tacca ankaranensisDioscoreaceae
- Tacca bibracteataDioscoreaceae
- Tacca ampliplacentaDioscoreaceae
- Tacca borneensisDioscoreaceae
- Tacca ebeltajaeDioscoreaceae
- Tacca maculataDioscoreaceae
- Tacca plantagineaDioscoreaceae
- Tacca palmatifidaDioscoreaceae
- Tacca parkeriDioscoreaceae
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). About our plant data.