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Amorphophallus (from Ancient Greek amorphos, "without form, misshapen" + phallos, "penis", referring to the shape of the prominent spadix) is a large genus of some 200 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants from the Arum family (), native to Asia, Africa, Australia and various oceanic islands.
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, the elephant foot yam [4] or whitespot giant arum, [5] [6] is a tropical plant native to Island Southeast Asia.It is cultivated for its edible tubers in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Madagascar, New Guinea, and the Pacific islands.
The titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) is a flowering plant in the family Araceae. It has a large unbranched inflorescence ; a tall single leaf, branched like a tree; and a heavy tuber which enables the plant to produce the inflorescence.
An amorphophallus titanium flower, also known as "corpse flower" (Bunga Bangkai in Bahasa Indonesia), renowned for its foul odor reminiscent of rotting flesh, is set to bloom at the Royal Botanic ...
Amorphophallus commutatus, or dragon stalk yam (Marathi- shevale, mogari kanda; Hindi- jungli suran), [1] is a plant species in the family Araceae. Amorphophallus is a large genus of some 170 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants, which includes the world's largest flower, titan arum.
An Amorphophallus titanum, also known as a corpse flower, began blooming Tuesday afternoon at the California Academy of Sciences, a research institution and museum. During the bloom, it releases a ...
Also known as the arum family, members are often colloquially known as aroids. This family of 114 genera and about 3,750 known species [ 3 ] is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and northern temperate regions .
[4] [5] The appendix in certain species, such as Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, is enlarged, highly modified and shows variability in shape. [3] In Arum maculatum the appendix length increases more rapidly with total spadix length than either the male or female zones. [6] Male florets and the appendix may participate in thermogenesis. [2]