Tacca integrifolia

Family	Taccaceae
Scientific name	Tacca integrifolia Ker Gawler
Synonyms	Ataccia integrifolia (Ker Gawler) Presl; Tacca cristata Jack; Tacca laevis Roxburgh
Common name	(English common name) bat flower, bat plant, white bat flower, white bat plant
	(Japanese common name) none
Distribution	China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Reference	Tacca integrifolia Ker Gawl.
	Tacca integrifolia Ker Gawler
	Use of tropical root crops in effective intervention strategies for treating difficult and complex cases and chronic diseases (US Patent 6632461/2003)
	Heavy metal phytoremediation (US Patent 6576816/2003)
	Trace element phytoremediation (US Patent 6974896/2005)
	Taccalonolide microtubule stabilizing agents (US Patent 6878699/2005)
	Process for isolation of withaferin-A from plant materials and products therefrom (US Patent 7108870/2006)
	Heavy metal phytoremediation (US Patent 7034202/2006)
	Plant extract having matrix metalloprotease inhibiting activity and dermatological uses thereof (WIPO Patent WO/2006/053415)

February 2007 at Hiroshima Botanical Garden	February 2007 at Hiroshima Botanical Garden	February 2007 at Hiroshima Botanical Garden