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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.
Insects such as ants and certain species of predatory wasps (Vespula vulgaris) eat adult sawflies and the larvae, as do lizards and frogs. [56] [57] Pardalotes, honeyeaters and fantails (Rhipidura) occasionally consume laid eggs, and several species of beetle larvae prey on the pupae. [50] The larvae have several anti-predator adaptations.
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.
An Amorphophallus titanum, also known as a corpse flower, began blooming Tuesday afternoon at the California Academy of Sciences, a research institution and museum. The plant blooms for one to ...
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 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 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 .
Amorphophallus minimus is 24 cm in height (making it the smallest species in the genus Amorphophallus in the Philippines) and is the 17th known species in the genus Amorphophallus in the Philippines and is the 198th species of the genus Amorphophallus worldwide. The species has a rust colouration with a lichen like pattern.