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Genus: Amorphophallus
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> Monocotyledons > Order: Alismatales
> Family: Araceae
About 150 species, found throughout the Old World tropics,
with three species native to southern Africa and a further species that is
cultivated in the region. The genus includes Amorphophallus titanum
(Titan arum) from Sumatra, which holds the record as the plant with the largest
unbranched inflorescence in the World, with a record height of 2.94 m (see
Wikipedia).
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of Mozambique.
Amorphophallus abyssinicus
Native distribution includes Namibia and Zimbabwe. |
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Amorphophallus fischeri
Recorded in
Flora of Zimbabwe. Recorded as a subspecies of Amorphophallus maximus
in African Flowering Plants Database. |
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Amorphophallus goetzei
Recorded in
Flora of Mozambique but not sure whether it occurs in southern
Mozambique (south of the Zambezi River). |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
Amorphophallus campanulatus
(Elephant yam)
Native from India to Melanesia. |
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