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Tacca chantrieri 'Black Widow'
Botanical details
- Family
- Taccaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Tacca
- Genus description
Tacca are a genus of flowering plants native to tropical regions such as South America, South East Asia, Africa and Australia. Also known as the 'Bat' plant, because the flowers look similar to a bat in flight, they have lush, green foliage and dark purple to black flowers with whiskery brachts
- Name status
Accepted
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