Black bat flower

Tacca chantrieri

Location: Hamanako Garden Park(Pacific Flora 2004)
Location: Hamanako Garden Park(Pacific Flora 2004)
Location: Hamanako Garden Park(Pacific Flora 2004)
Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden
Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden
Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens

Flower name
Black bat flower
Scientific name
Tacca chantrieri
Aliasタッカ・シャントリエリ, バットフラワー, ブラックキャット, Tacca chantrieri, Black cat, Black Bat Flower
Place of originIndia
Place of floweringBotanical Gardens
Flowering seasonJuly, August, September

What is Black bat flower

Black bat flower , scientific name:Tacca chantrieri , is a bulbous plants of the Department Taccaceae , Tacca genus native to India. Species of tacca, bracts are dark purple. Referred to in the scientific names of Tacca chantrieri. Carousel exudes a bizarre combination of sterile flower bract black or purple purple flowers such as small, star-shaped purple flowers and long beard looks like atmosphere. Large leaves are wide and, with green veins are crystal clear. Means that the flowers are similar to bats and bat flower bracts that spread the wings. Genus has
White bat flower (scientific nameTacca integrifolia) is standard species .

Flowers with Mammal Names
The Black Bat Flower (Tacca chantrieri) is named for its resemblance to a mammal, the bat (Black Bat). Although the photo does not show the flower with its "wings" spread, its shape and color are reminiscent of a bat.

Left: Black Bat Flower (Tacca chantrieri), Right: A bat (specifically, the Ryukyu flying fox, Pteropus dasymallus inopinatus).

Common name:Black bat flower, scientific name:Tacca Tacca chantrieri ,
aka: Tacca Kat Wisker flower, Tacca chantrieri , Devil Flower,
origin: India, living type: Evergreen perennial,
height: 40-90 cm length: 50 cm, Flowering period: July-September (temperature more than 20 degrees in all year round).