Pending editorial review. Names come from GBIF/POWO; growing details are a draft our editors are still verifying.

Tacca leontopetaloides — (c) William Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by William Stephens via iNaturalist · CC-BY · source

(c) William Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by William Stephens via iNaturalist · CC-BY · source

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Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze

Polynesian Arrowroot · Dioscoreaceae

Also known as Tacca artocarpifolia, Tacca umbrarum, Typhonium gracile.

DioscoreaceaePerennial

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About Polynesian Arrowroot

Tacca leontopetaloides is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae, that is native to tropical Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, northern Australia, New Guinea, Samoa, Micronesia, and Fiji. As an important food source, it was intentionally taken to tropical Pacific Islands with early human migrations. Common names include Polynesian arrowroot, pia (Hawaii, French Polynesia, Niue, and Cook Islands), masoa (Samoa), mahoaʻa (Tonga), yabia (Fiji) gapgap (Guam) and taka (Indonesia).

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Growing & care

Growing guide coming soon. Our editors haven't written verified care details for this plant yet. Native range and classification are shown below.

Native range

Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Toxicity

Pets: Not documented · People: Not documented

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