Amorphophallus campanulatus
Family: Araceae
Common Names: pungapung, corpse flower
Reference: Stuartxchange.com
Origin: occurs in India through Malaya to Polynesia
- it flowers before leafing
- the leaves are eaten when they are still closed
- I saw two of these, near the entrance
- It’s called corpse flower because of its “malodorous flowering stage”. It probably smells like rotting flesh, but I couldn’t smell it that day. Maybe because it was raining? Or maybe because it wasn’t fresh anymore.
Additional photos of a young plant from June 2013
UPDATE:
I finally saw and smelled the fresh flowers in June 2017! There was a whole row of them! They truly smell like a rotting animal.
With Barkley, for scale.
Why is the title “punggapung” but in the label it is correctly written as pungapung? Maybe it is just missed!
Thanks, will correct it!
This can also be found in the forests of Nueva Vizcaya. It’s edible and even more delicious than taro(gabi). We call it “tigi” in native tongue. I don’t know where they come out of this name.
Thanks for the info Jun! I haven’t tried eating it yet.