Titan Arum: World's largest flower blooms after 5 years

A Titan Arum, believed to be the world's largest flower, bloomed this week in Tokyo's Jindai Botanical Garden for the first time in five years. The two-metre high (6.5 feet) flower has attracted hundreds of visitors to the garden forcing it to extend its opening hours. (AFP Photo)

Updated on: Jul 25, 2015 1:10 PM IST

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A Titan Arum, believed to be the world's largest flower, bloomed this week in Tokyo's Jindai Botanical Garden for the first time in five years. The two-metre high (6.5 feet) flower has attracted hundreds of visitors to the garden forcing it to extend its opening hours. (AFP Photo)

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Titan Arum, a herbaceous plant, blooms rarely, maybe three or four times in its forty-year life, and that too only for two or three days. (AFP Photo)

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The last time Titan Arum bloomed in the botanical garden in the city of Chofu was on July 22, 2010. Also called the corpse flower, it has an overpowering smell resembling rotting meat that attracts pollinating insects.

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Titan Arum can grow to a height of three metres and is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It has been classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to threat from widespread deforestation. (AFP Photo)