page_title: List of world records held by plants
section_title: Individual flower
hierarchical_section_title: List of world records held by plants / Flower / Largest flowers / Individual flower
caption_attribution_description: English: A Rafflesia Arnoldii and its buds, taken at foothill of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
context_page_description: World records held by plants.
context_section_description: With a flower growing up to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in diameter, 3–4 m (9.8–13.1 ft) in perimeter and 10–12 kg (22–26 lb) heavy, Rafflesia arnoldii is the world's current largest individual flower. They grow in the forests of Sumatra and Borneo islands of Indonesia. With no roots, stems, leaves or chlorophyll, they are parasitic to many plants on the roots of their vine. This made Rafflesia very hard to place in scientific taxonomy compared to other plant species. DNA analyses have shown that they belong to the family Euphorbiaceae, which is usually characterized by minute flowers. The most famous plant species in this family are Spurges, Cassava, and rubber tree. The very existence of the plant can only become visible when its plump buds emerge from the host through the bark on parts of the host tree, out of the ground, when it ripens, and excretes a fleshy scent of corpse to attract pollinators, which are carrion-flies
caption: Rafflesia arnoldii, the world largest flower in Bengkulu - Indonesia
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