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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.
Amorphophallus titanum, the titan arum, is a flowering plant in the family Araceae. It has the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. The inflorescence of the talipot palm, Corypha umbraculifera, is larger, but it is branched rather than unbranched. A. titanum is endemic to rainforests on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Amorphophallus dracontioides. N.E.Br. Amorphophallus dracontioides or the dragon's football is a species of plant in the genus Amorphophallus ranging from Ghana to ...
Amorphophallus henryi can either flower or leaf out in a year. All leaves are one single leaf, and each bulb can only grow one leaf. Its leaves resemble the leaves of most other species in the genus Amorphophallus, with a large stem and multiple branches of the leaf. [2] Amorphophallus henyri has flowers
N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), 1901 Amorphophallus abyssinicus , also known as Bagana ( Sidamo ), is a plant of the genus Amorphophallus . It is native to southern Ethiopia , where it is grown in gardens, hence its specific epithet , abyssinicus , derived from Latin and meaning "Abyssinian" or "Ethiopian".
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Amorphophallus konjac –also known as konnyaku, [2] [a] and konjac [b] – is a plant species native to Yunnan in southwestern China, which has an edible corm. It is also known as devil's tongue , [ 2 ] voodoo lily , snake palm , or elephant yam .