Let’s start with bat plant (Tacca integrifolia), which blooms year-round. The blossoms are neither bright, cheery, nor attractive, except in a curiously ominous way.

COURTESY HEIDI BORNHORST This bat flower (Tacca integrifolia) at Lyon Arboretum in Manoa is a relative of the pia plant (Tacca leontopetaloides), also known as Polynesia arrowroot. Hawaiians of ...

One extraordinary plant is the bat flower (Tacca chantrieri). A member of the yam family (Dioscoreaceae), this plant has 30-by-15-inch vivid green leaves that resemble those of the peace lily.

Black Bat Plant Tacca chantrieri His three-year old seedling hasn’t yet flowered but it’s inspired him to try some other members of the genus, including the Giant Bat Plant ( Tacca ...

Oak Street resident Michael Bowles has a most unusual plant. It's an exotic bat plant (Tacca Chantrieri) and was in full bloom this fall with two black, bat-shaped flowers. The flowers are ...

*Scientific name: Tacca integrifolia *Growth habit: An evergreen rounded perennial, usually grown as a foliage plant, with leaves rising from below soil-line rhizome producing plants growing to 2 ...

The Williams Conservatory houses hundreds of plants ranging from 76 plant families. We are continually exploring new and exciting plants to add to the collection. Recently, we have added a Black Bat ...

Bat plant could give some cancers a devil of a time Tacca chantrieri yields potent compounds with cancer-fighting potential Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

Researchers with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have said that bat plant, or Tacca ... Cancer-Fighting Potential in Bat Plant? by Kathy Jones on November 24, 2011 ...

The bat plant (Tacca spp.) is one for the collectors and named after its extraordinary flowers that resemble a bat’s face. When not in flower, the bat plant doesn’t disappoint, ...

Bat plant could give some cancers a devil ... with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have pinpointed the cancer-fighting potential in the bat plant, or Tacca ...