This is Tacca chantrieri Andre also called bat flower, devil-flower ,that was found in Rejang Land Sumatra, not many record about this plant especially Tacca chantrieri Andre from sumatra
this picture was taken at talang rimbo lama village at may,03,2009. Rejang Lebong Regency. 
Tacca is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the order Dioscoreales, native to tropical regions of Africa, Australia, and south-eastern Asia. In older texts, the genus was treated in its own family Taccaceae, but the 2003 APG II system incorporates it into the family Dioscoreaceae.
Scientific classification
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Dioscoreaceae |
| Genus: | Tacca |
| Species: | Tacca chantrieri André |
Image Location: Talang Rimbo Lama Village,South Curup District, Rejang Lebong Sumatra
References:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacca
- http://www.henriettesherbal.com/pictures/p13/pages/tacca-chantrieri.htm
- http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/98/2/449
 from Rejang Land, Sumatra){kind=link}
I am from the village ?batu dewa. Could you please help us to see this plants? Boleh minta no hpnya
ReplyDelete