Bat plant (Tacca integrifolia)

Common Names:

in China: si xu ju ruo shu
in India: colbera, tagoon
in Indonesia: beting
Malay name: keladi murai

Scientific Names (Synonyms):

Ataccia aspera (Roxb.) Kunth
Ataccia cristata (Jack) Kunth
Ataccia integrifolia (Ker Gawl.) C.Presl
Ataccia laevis (Roxb.) Kunth
Ataccia lancifolia (Zoll. & Moritzi) Kunth
Tacca aspera Roxb.
Tacca choudhuriana Deb
Tacca cristata Jack
Tacca laevis Roxb.
Tacca lancifolia Zoll. & Moritzi
Tacca sumatrana H.Limpr.

Floral Description:

According to Flora of China:

Rhizomes subcylindric, thick.
Leaf blade oblong-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, 50--55 × 18.5--21 cm, base cuneate, apex acuminate, sometimes caudate.
Scape ca. 55 cm; involucral bracts 4, outer 2 sessile, narrowly deltoid-ovate, inner 2 long petiolate, spatulate, thin.
Perianth purplish black; tube 1--2 cm; lobes 6, in 2 whorls, outer ones narrowly oblong, inner ones broadly obovate.
Filaments spatulate at apex. Style extremely short; stigma deeply 3-lobed.
Berry narrowly ellipsoid, 4--5 × ca. 2 cm, fleshy, 6-ridged, with persistent perianth lobes.
Seeds irregulaly ellipsoid-ovoid.

Pharmacological Actions

Tacca integrifolia tubers decoction mixed with honey and powdered bark of Shorea assamica taken for neck and body pain.
Caterpillar itch, pound the tuber and poultice.
Leaves applied to wounds or swelling.
Stem juice used in poison arrowheads.

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