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Tacca integrifolia

Batplant
Also known as: Ataccia aspera (Roxb.) Kunth +9 more
  • Ataccia aspera (Roxb.) Kunth
  • Ataccia integrifolia (Ker Gawl.) C.Presl
  • Ataccia laevis (Roxb.) Kunth
  • Ataccia lancifolia (Zoll. & Moritzi) Kunth
  • Tacca aspera Roxb.
  • Tacca choudhuriana Deb
  • Tacca laevis Roxb.
  • Tacca lancifolia Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Tacca rafflesiana Jack ex Wall.
  • Tacca sumatrana H.Limpr.
Botanical Data
  • Taxonomic Rank: Species
  • Botanical Family: Dioscoreaceae
  • WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte.

Indigenous to Temperate Asia and Tropical Asia, Tacca integrifolia (commonly known as Batplant) is a rhizomatous plant belonging to the Dioscoreaceae family. Within its native range, this species is primarily associated with wet tropical conditions.

Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Bulb

Native Range

Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam

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