Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Tacca J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. [1821]

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# spp.: 18

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Dioscoreaceae

family_ja: ヤマノイモ

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description_en: Genus of 10 species of stemless perennials, with solid tubers or upright, scarred rhizomes, from semi-evergreen, monsoon forest in West Africa and S.E. Asia, grown for their handsome foliage and unusual flowers. Lance-shaped to elliptic or obovate, entire or palmately or pinnately lobed leaves, often with purplish green leaf-stalks, are widely spaced or crowded on the rootstock. Nodding, bell-shaped flowers are borne in umbels, each umbel surrounded by 4 leaf-like floral bracts. Each flower also has a distinctive, narrow, thread-like appendage, to 25cm (10in) long. In frost-prone areas, grow in a warm greenhouse; in humid tropical climates, grow in a shady border.

hardiness_en: Frost tender.

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propagation_en: Surface-sow seed at 22-27°C (72-81°F) in spring. Divide, or take transverse sections of rhizomes with at least one bud, in spring. Dust cut surfaces with fungicide.

pests_en: Red spider mites, tarsonemid mites, and grey mould (Botrytis) may be a problem.

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comment_ja: タッカ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-04 13:03 by hkokubun@mac.com

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