🔴 Tacca integrifolia

by Sarah on August 03, 2019 in Dioscoreaceae

Traditional Herbs from Tacca integrifolia

treating_skin_rashes

Prepare enough fresh taka plant rhizomes, wash them thoroughly.
Crush them into a paste.
Apply the rhizome paste on the skin rash.

treating_hypotension

Prepare enough fresh taka plant rhizomes wash until clean.
Boil until boiling.
Let it warm/cold.
Strain then drink.

What is Tacca integrifolia Looks like??

Parts of Tacca integrifolia that could be used

Leaves
Fruits
Rhizomes

Tacca integrifolia Distribution

Taka comes from India, Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, southern China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, western Java and Kalimantan. The taka plant is widely used in various countries as a medicinal plant, such as in Peninsular Malaysia, crushed rhizomes are applied to the skin to treat rashes. In Thailand a decoction of the rhizomes is used to treat hypotension and as an aphrodisiac, and in Vietnam to treat irregular menstruation. Tacca integrifolia is also sometimes grown in gardens as an ornamental plant.
Agroecology of Tacca integrifolia
Tacca integrifolia grows in primary and secondary forests, up to an altitude of 1200 (-1500) m above sea level. This herb can tolerate most soils, and grows quite easily in pots in cool, moist, shady areas. Likes fertile loamy soil, well-drained soil, acidic soil (pH 5.1 - 5.5), moist soil.
Morphology of Tacca integrifolia

Horizontal cylindrical rhizome, up to 12 cm x 3 cm.
Leaves arranged in a rosette form from short, oval or lanceolate to lanceolate stems, 7.5 - 65 cm x 3 - 24 cm, flat margins, 4 petioles, 5 - 41 cm, purple.
Flowers consist of 3 petals, and 3 sepals that are folded back, up to 3.2 cm in diameter, green to blackish purple. Inflorescence on a stem up to 65 (-100) cm long, with 4 large, non-decussate involucral bracts, many filiform bracts and up to 30 flowers, whisker-like, white or bright green.
Berries, 2.5 - 5 cm x 1 - 2.5 cm, green to black.
Seeds ovoid to oval-ovoid.

Cultivation of Tacca integrifolia
Propagated generatively from seeds and vegetatively by separating shoots from the main stem.

Tacca integrifolia, more details :

Chemical Content of Tacca integrifolia
Ochratoxin A, amino acids, n-triacontanol, castanogenin, betulinic acid, quercetin-3-α-arabinoside, and taccalin.
Benefits of Tacca integrifolia
Medicine for stomach ulcers, burns, high blood pressure, increasing sexual function (aphrodisiac), skin rashes caused by stinging caterpillars, wounds or cracked heels, dysentery and stomach ache, bloody dysentery, acute diarrhea, hypotension .
Simplisia of Tacca integrifolia

Another Facts for Tacca integrifolia :

Synonym of Tacca integrifolia
Ataccia aspera (Roxb.) KunthAtaccia cristata (Jack) KunthTacca sumatrana H.Limpr.
Habitus of Tacca integrifolia
Herb. Annual herb, height 0.6 - 1 m
Habitat of Tacca integrifolia