Question: Which of the following statements regarding corpse flower are correct:
i) Its scientific name is Amorphophallus titanum.
ii) Its an ultra-rare plant that blooms only once every seven to ten years.
a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) none
Ans: c
Facts
- Corps Flower has recently bloomed in San Francisco, America.
- Its scientific name is Amorphophallus titanum and it is a flowering plant, which is native to the rainforests of Sumatra in Indonesia.
- Its an ultra-rare plant that blooms only once every seven to ten years.
- It is called corpse flower because of its pungent rotten smell which is like rotting corpse.
- Flower is one of the largest in the world and blooms only once every seven to ten years.
- It was listed as an endangered plant in 2018 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
By kameshwar shukla