world largest FLOWER

Flower - World's Largest

Common Name: Titan Arum, Corpse Flower, Bunga Bangkai Family: Araceae Juss. Country of Origin: Sumatra Habitat: equatorial rainforests on limestone hills Description: Amorphophallus titanum, the titan arum, is a tuberous plant endemic to western Sumatra, where it grows in openings in rainforest on limestone hills. Locals know it by the more evocative name 'corpse flower' (bunga bangkai), because of the hideous stench the fly-pollinated inflorescences produce.