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Voodoo Lily

Flowering Plants

The voodoo lily is a tuberous flowering plant native to the Himalayan foothills and parts of Africa, known for producing a single large, mottled purple-and-green flower structure before its leaves emerge. Like several of its relatives in the arum family, its bloom releases a strong odor of rotting meat to attract the flies and carrion beetles that pollinate it. The tuber is capable of flowering even without being planted in soil, drawing on stored energy alone, which has made it a popular curiosity in cultivation.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Amorphophallus konjac 5
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 6
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Araceae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Voodoo Lily
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Found In

Beijing

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China

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Fujian

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Guangdong

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Sources
1. Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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2. Plants For A Future: Amorphophallus konjac
Plants For A Future
  • Habitats
    Loose leafy detritus in moist shady habitats ... Forest margins and thickets at elevations of 830 - 1,200 metres in western Yunnan
  • Medicinal Uses
    The root is oxytocic and sialagogue[ 178 ].
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3. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Araceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12475
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12475
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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5. Wikidata: Voodoo Lily
Child Taxon Of: Araceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
6. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Amorphophallus konjac
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2871520, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 2871520, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ674443, descriptionView the Source
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