The bat flower is a shade-loving perennial native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, named for its dark purple-black blossoms whose broad, wing-like bracts resemble a bat in flight. Long, thread-like appendages called bracteoles hang below the flower, sometimes reaching over a foot in length. It grows in the deep shade of the forest understory and is now also cultivated as an unusual ornamental houseplant for its striking, almost eerie flowers.
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DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleUsed in Traditional Medicine 1 Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Tacca chantrieri
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Source Tacca chantrieri (Wikipedia)Distribution: AsiaQuote, Distribution: Asia
chantrieri is native to southeastern Asia.
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1. Tacca chantrieri (Wikipedia)
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Tacca chantrieri is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae. It was first described in 1901 by Édouard André. T. chantrieri is native to southeastern Asia.
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Tacca chantrieri is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae.
Medicinal use
The bat flower has been commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine.
View the Source2. Plants For A Future: Tacca chantrieri - Useful Tropical Plants
3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Tacca chantrieri
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"canonicalName": "Tacca chantrieri"
Plant (Wikipedia)
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They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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