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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. A. titanum is endemic to rainforests on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
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 .
Amorphophallus abyssinicus, also known as Bagana , 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".
Amorphophallus longispathaceus is a species of corpse flower, of the genus Amorphophallus, native to the southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines and the northern island of Borneo in Indonesia. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] It produces a tall, single, compound leaf on a thick, fleshy stalk from a big, bowl-shaped tuber .
It is the nearest relative of Amorphophallus titanum. The spathe is about three feet (one meter) in height and green in color. The spadix is about five feet high and lavender. The stalk or pedicel is longer than that of A. titanum, sometimes up to ten feet (three meters) in length.
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