Seiridium canker got its start in Texas on Leyland cypresses 25 or 30 years ago and now has killed a huge percentage of the ...

Knowable Magazine reports on how harnessing the heater to attract pollinators may have first happened more than 300 million ...

A stinky-smelling flower is expected to bloom at The Botanic Garden of Smith College in Massachusetts early next week.

The presence of calcium oxalate is the major obstacle in flour processing of Amorphophallus muelleri tuber since the calcium oxalate can induce skin irritation and is harmful to kidneys. The ...

Amorphophallus (elephant foot yam) is an herbaceous edible aroid crop which belongs to the family Araceae. The study was undertaken to identify the efficient SSR primer that could differentiate a set ...

R. arnoldii and its cousins are rivaled only by the titan arum, which has the incredible Latin name of Amorphophallus titanum, approximately translating to “giant misshapen phallus.” ...

Many plants smell "good" — to humans that is — but some go several steps in the other direction, presenting themselves to the world as dead, decaying animal flesh. Instead of bright, attractive ...