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Tacca ampliplacenta is a perennial herb from the yam family, native to Yunnan, China, that grows from a cylindrical rhizome and is known for its mauve-tinged leaves and dark, bat-like flowers. It is a shade-loving plant of humid forest floors, so the key to growing it is keeping it cool, moist and out of direct sun.
Tacca ampliplacenta is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae, which is endemic to Yunnan, China. It was discovered Yunnan, China.
It was first described in 2008 by Ling Zhang and Qing-Jun Li.
It is found from the south west to the west of Yunnan Province in dense dank forest.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
