Perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch - Indian arrowroot, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida
Derived forms: pias
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: genus Tacca, Tacca
Encyclopedia: Pia, France Pia Pia, Pyrénées-Orientales Pia, Pyrenees-Orientales