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''Typhonium venosum'' (Voodoo-lily or ''Arum cornutum'' (traders' name)), is an ornamental plant in the Araceae. This is species is an aroid, not a true lily. ==Description== ''Typhonium venosum'', probably better known under its synonym ''Sauromatum venosum'', is a common shade-loving house or garden plant from temperate and tropical Africa and Asia. It grows to around 20 inches tall from an underground corm. A large ''T. venosum corm'' can spawn multiple new corms. Inflorescences emerge before their leaves. This plant is also known as the Voodoo Bulb because of its ability to flower from a corm without soil and water. An inflorescence has a purplish-brown-spotted, yellowish spathe and a purplish-brown spadix which emit a strong odor perceived as similar to cow manure, rotting flesh, or a dirty wet dog, depending on who smells the inflorescence. The odor lasts about 2 days, and attracts carrion-feeding insects, such as calliphorid flies and silphid beetles which can pollinate this plant. ==References== * Hetterscheid, W. & P. C. Boyce. 2000. a reclassification of ''Sauromatum'' Schott and new species of ''Typhonium'' Schott (Araceae). Aroideana 23: 48–55. * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Typhonium venosum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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