Bookmark and Share

Amorphophallus titanum

At up to 10 feet tall and smelling of death, the Amorphophallus titanum is a monster in the plant world
  • Amorphophallus titanum in Indonesia, Asia

    Click to enlarge.  

  • Amorphophallus titanum in Indonesia, Asia

    Click to enlarge.  

  • Amorphophallus titanum in Indonesia, Asia

    Click to enlarge.  

Tell your friends on Facebook:
I here

Translated literally it means giant misshapen penis, and while the Rafflesia has the world's largest flower, the titan lays claim to the largest unbranched cluster of flowers in the world. At full size the titan can reach over 10 feet in circumference and 9 and a half feet tall.

Known as a corpse flower or Carrion flower the titan releases a scent that smells almost exactly like a corpse, and the flower a similar coloration to that of rotten meat. The flower also gives off a fair amount of heat which helps to strengthen the illusion of rotten meat. While the flower smells terrible to humans it smells like dinner to the carrion beetles and flesh flies which swarm all over the corpse flowers and help them to pollinate.

See an error? Know more? Log-in to edit this place.

  • Address Amorphophallus titanum
    Jungles of Sumatra
    Indonesia

Directions / Map

Javascript is required to view this map.

Comments

By Anonymous June 22 2009

According to the map, the jungles of Sumatra are now located off the southern coast of West Africa.

By Anonymous July 12 2009

fix the map

Post new comment

Sign in to comment, or comment anonymously.

Warning: Anonymous messages may be held in moderation, and may not be posted immediately. Please consider creating an account and logging in.

  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <h2> <blockquote>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options