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==Uses==
{{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Sores}}, {{Uses|Burns}}, {{Uses|Earache}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
===Food===
Tacca leontopetaloides can be used in Food. Tubers are repeatedly washed with water to remove bitterness and are then boiled and consumed.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Parts Used==
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Tacca leontopetaloides Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-B and C; Phytate, Oxalate; Saponins; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Sulphur, Zinc<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of low elevations in the moist tropics, where it is most commonly found near the sea and below elevations of 200 metres.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>. Tacca leontopetaloides is available through July to October<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Tacca+leontopetaloides Cultivation]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref>
<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.146, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
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