Dioscoreaceae
Tacca
Tacca palmata
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Genus
- Tacca
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 掌叶蒟蒻薯
- English
- Tacca
- Polish
- Krąpiel dłoniasta
- Russian
- Такка пальчатая
Synonyms
- Tacca angustilobata Merr.
- Tacca elmeri K.Krause
- Tacca fatsiifolia Warb. ex H.Limpr.
- Tacca montana Schult. & Schult.f.
- Tacca rumphii Schauer
- Tacca vesicaria Blanco
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: R.Rahasia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pauline Carmel Joy Eje, CC BY 4.0, 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.