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Journal Article 
AMORPHOPHALLUS-TITANUM BECC - A HISTORICAL REVIEW AND SOME RECENT OBSERVATIONS 
Gandawijaja, D; Idris, S; Nasution, R; Nyman, LP; Arditti, J 
1983 
Yes 
Annals of Botany
ISSN: 0305-7364
EISSN: 1095-8290 
51 
3 
269 
WOS:A1983QL26400001 
Amorphophallus titanum Becc., discovered in 1878 by Odoardo Beccari in Sumatra has flowered only a few times in botanical gardens. Its corms may weigh as much as 50 kg, have a diameter of 50–55 cm, a circumference of nearly 2 m and be 40cm high. The inflorescences, which produce a fetid smell, may last 3–4 days and can reach a height of 2 m. The spadix is yellow-red in colour and the spathe greenish purple. 
; Amorphophallus; botanical gardens; color; corms; smell; spadix; spathes; Indonesia/