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2020.10.22 12:46 GMT+8

Giant corpse flower discovered in Indonesia forest

Updated 2020.10.22 12:46 GMT+8

A Rafflesia Arnoldii flower, or more commonly called as the corpse lily or stinking lily, with a diameter of 80 centimeters was found blooming at an altitude of 3 meters above the ground at Raje Mandare Protected Forest area in Indonesia on Saturday.

The parasitic plant, producing the largest single flower on Earth, has a strong unpleasant odor from decaying flesh, earning it the name "corpse flower."

(All images via VCG)

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