Tacca leontopetaloides

Tacca leontopetaloides is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae, that is native to tropical Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, northern Australia, New Guinea, Samoa, Micronesia, and Fiji. As an important food source, it was intentionally taken to tropical Pacific Islands with early human migrations. Common names include Polynesian arrowroot, pia (Hawaii, French Polynesia, Niue, and Cook Islands), masoa (Samoa), mahoaʻa (Tonga), yabia (Fiji) gapgap (Guam) and taka (Indonesia).