The most smelly flower in the world-- Titan konjac

Titan konjac, also known as "corpse flower", "corpse smelly konjac". Native to the rainforest region of Sumatra, Indonesia, the flowers are 1.5 meters in diameter and nearly 3 meters high. Because of the smell of rotting corpses, it is called "the most smelly flower in the world".

Titan konjac

Titan konjac flower, also known as "corpse flower", also has a more vivid name "corpse smelly konjac". This flower grows with Sumatra, the flower age is about 150 years, and the flower is expected to be about 1.8 meters high, making it the largest flower in the world. It has a potato-like rhizome. When the Corolla unfolds, the reddish-purple flowers will remain in bloom for several days, and the stench of corpses will increase sharply. When the flowers fall behind, the plant goes into dormancy again. It smells like smelly socks or rotting corpses, trying to attract flies and beetles that feed on carrion to pollinate. It is very gorgeous, more beautiful than anything you can imagine, but this strangely beautiful flower does grow on our planet and still exists in the world.

Titan konjac

The "Ghost blows the Lantern" written by the world basher has made up a legend: its distant ancestor "corpse fragrance konjac" has long been extinct for a thousand years. This devil flower, with its flirtatious color and strange fragrance, has created one trap after another made up of illusions, luring people to death. According to the legend, "corpse fragrance konjac flowers" is the evil spirit guarding King Solomon's treasure.

Titan konjac

The soluble cellulose in konjac has the function of promoting gastrointestinal peristalsis and moistening bowels, and can quickly expel toxic substances from the intestinal tract, so as to effectively prevent constipation and assist in the treatment of colon cancer, hemorrhoids and venous tumors. In addition, it also reduces the accumulation of cholesterol in the body, which is of great significance to the prevention and treatment of hypertension and arteriosclerosis. Konjac is also a unique food additive, such as adding a small amount of konjac flour to food, which can not only increase nutrition, but also improve food quality.

Titan konjac

Cadaver flowers found in the Sumatran rainforest during a scientific expedition in 1818 originated from an ancient botanical family characterized by small flowers, a team of researchers wrote in the journal Science on January 18, 2007. In fact, the flowers of many of its relatives are only a few millimeters wide.

The plants, known as Euphorbiaceae, also include Christmas red, Irish bells and rubber trees, castor and cassava, the researchers said.

Corpse flower has many strange characteristics, and scientists have been trying to figure out what plant family it belongs to for a long time. Corpse flower is a parasitic plant that steals nutrients from other plants and confuses insects to pollinate them.