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1. Tacca integrifolia Ker Gawl.wfo-0000567722

Bot. Mag. 35: t. 1488. 1812; Hook.f. in Fl. Br. Ind. 6: 287. 1892; Drenth, Blumea 20: 388. 1972; in Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermat. 7: 811. 1976. Fig. 1.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Herb with cylindrical rhizome. Leaves 3–12 together, oblong to lanceolate, 20–60 by 7–17 cm; base oblique, not attenuate along petiole; apex acuminate to cuspidate; secondary nerves 8–10 pairs. Petiole including sheath 20–50 cm long. Inflorescence 1–4, up to 60 cm long, each 6(–30)-flowered. Involucral bracts 2 pairs, greenish-white to dark purple, not decussate, sessile; outer pair opposite, elliptic to lanceolate, 1.5–14 by 0.5–7 cm; inner pair inserted more or less in axils of outer bracts, (ob)lanceolate or spathulate, 2.5–22 by 1–11 cm. Bracts filiform 5–25, white or greenish-yellow, 10–20 cm long. Pedicels 2–4 cm long. Flowers 1.5–3 by 0.5–3 cm, greenish to dark purple. Perianth 6-lobed; 3 outer lobes elliptic or oblong, 6–15 by 4–10 mm; 3 inner lobes ovate or obovate, 5–15 by 5–16 mm. Stamens greenish-yellow. Ovary 3–15 by 2–7 mm. Fruit slightly 6-angled, 2.5–5 by 1–2.5 cm; perianth persisting. Seeds concave, 3.5–6 by 1.3–5 mm and 1–2 mm thick.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai; PENINSULAR: Chumphon, Ranong, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Narathiwat, Pattani.

Distribution : China, India (type), Bangladesh, Burma, Laos, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, Java.

Ecology : In evergreen forests, 10–100 m alt. Flowering and fruiting: February–August.

Vernacular : Man phlaen (ม่านแผลน), wan phangphon (ว่านพังพอน), nilaphusi (นิลพูสี), ruesi lom (ฤาษีลม), ma thonlak (ม้าถอนหลัก)(Peninsular).

Uses: Rhizomes are used medicinally.