Common name
English: Polynesian arrowroot
German: Ostindische Pfeilwurz
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Dioscoreales (13)
Family: Dioscoreaceae (13)(family description)
Genus: Tacca (2)
Epithet: leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze (1)
Synonyms: Chaitaea tacca Sol. ex Seem., Tacca abyssinica Hochst. ex Baker, Tacca artocarpifolia Seem., Tacca brownii Seem.
abyssinica => from Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
artocarpifolia => leaves similar to those in the genera Artocarpus
leontopetaloides => fringed petals resembling a lion's mane
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb