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Tacca leontopetaloides

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{{stub}}[[Image:Starr_061106-9596_Tacca_leontopetaloides.jpg|thumb|right|''Tacca leontopetaloides'']]'''Polynesian arrowroot''' is a perennial plant producing a single, leafy stem around 1 metre tall from a tuberous rootstock. The plant was at one time widely cultivated for its edible root in many areas of the tropics, especially in the Pacific Islands.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Sores}}, {{Uses|Burns}}, {{Uses|Earache}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, .{{Uses|}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootRoots}}.
==Chemical Composition==
The chemical compositions of Tacca flour were 0.66 % total of nitrogen, 0.91% lipid, 0.05% ash and 85.7% starch content on dried weight.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
 
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Perennial}}
==Identification==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Division of rhizomes}}.
==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"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Secondary forest}}, {{Commonly seen|Thickets}}, {{Commonly seen|Many open situations}}, {{Commonly seen|Clearings}}, {{Commonly seen|Grassland}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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Image:Starr_061106-9596_Tacca_leontopetaloides.jpgImage:Tacca leontopetaloides MS 6484.JPGImage:Tacca pinnatifida 2.jpg|Image:Tacca pinnatifida 1.jpg|
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
 <ref name="chemical composition">["https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.5000190#:~:text=The%20chemical%20compositions%20of%20Tacca,starch%20content%20on%20dried%20weight. Chemistry"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">["Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/t/tacca-leontopetaloides-l-kuntze Common names]</ref>
 <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>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Fiji%20Arrowroot.html Tacca leontopetaloides on flowersofindia.net]* [ https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Tacca+leontopetaloides Tacca leontopetaloides on pfaf.org]* [ ]
[[Category:Herbs]]

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