Bunga bangkai

Carrion Flower and Rafflesia

😇 rafflesia flowers set so national flower of Indonesia. Flowers dubbed this rare puspa became the icon of Indonesia's flower in the international world.

however, although it has long been an icon, there are still many who call the rafflesia arnoldi flower as the Latin name of the carcass flower. This misinterpretation is prevalent among local tourists rather than foreign tourists.

"Our local visitors from year to year are still many who equate the carcass with rafflesia flowers.in fact, this rare endemic flower of Indonesia, "said Yuzammi, researchers of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) special flower in the botanical garden Bogor, when found KompasTravel at Bogor Botanical Gardens Conservation Center,

Both flowers do not give off insect smells. however, of shape, biological nature, and life cycle, they differ greatly. Here KompasTravel summarizes the seven differences in Indonesia's endemic interest:

Different Call Names and Latin Names

From the names of both are clearly different, but it is easy to confuse. if the rafflesia flower has the Latin name Rafflesia. Indonesia has several types found in Sumatra, namely Rafflesia arnoldii, Rafflesia gadutensis, Rafflesia hasseltidan Rafflesia bengkuluensis.

While the carcass flower, has Latin name Amorphophallus and many kinds of variety. Indonesia has the most famous species is Amorphophallus titanum, but it is Amorphophallus gigas, Amorphophallus moeleri, and Amorphophallus variabilis.