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Amorphophallus bufo
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Amorphophallus bufo is a species of flowering plant in the arum family Araceae, native to Peninsular Malaysia. Its petioles have numerous black spots; it is thought this is defensive mimicry, with the spots appearing to herbivores to be a swarm of ants guarding the plant.
- Family
- Araceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Amorphophallus bufo
- Slug
- amorphophallus-bufo
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Amorphophallus
- Species
- bufo
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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