Tacca maculata is a plant in the Dioscoreaceae family, native to Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Fiji and Samoa[1] It was first described by Berthold Carl Seemann in 1866.

[4] The leaf lamina start trisected but then become irregularly dissected.

[4] The sepals and petals are similar, and green on the outside, maroon on the inside.

[4] The style is about 2 mm long and has three glandular patches at the base.

T. maculata usually grows in well-drained lateritic soils.