Tumbang Takunoi

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Image of The Death Scented Rafflesia Flower located in Tumbang Takunoi, Indonesia
Tumbang Takunoi, Indonesia

The Death Scented Rafflesia Flower

The world’s largest flower, which smells like rotting flesh

The Rafflesia arnoldii, a rare and endangered plant known as the "giant panda of the plant world” bears the world’s largest flower. A parasitic plant, the Rafflesia lives most of its life within... »

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