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Size and stench have made Rafflesia famous, but these aren't even close to the plants' most fascinating trait. Unlike most flowers, Rafflesia has no leaves, no stems, not even any roots.

The Rafflesia is not only known as the smelliest flower in the world, it also produces the biggest flower in the world. It also doesn't have any leaves, stems or roots.

According to Molina, Rafflesia is a plant like no other. It produces the largest flowers in the world, yet it is parasite, completely dependent on its sole host plants in the genus Tetrastigma.

Rafflesia was first discovered in Java, Indonesia, in 1797, by French botanist Louis Deschamps. However, on his return voyage to Europe his ship was taken by the British and his notes confiscated.

Rafflesia is a parasitic plant with a very ­unusual life-cycle: itspends most of its life as a microscopic thread of cells hidden inside a host Tetrastigma vine.

The Rafflesia flower stays open only for a period of 5 to 7 days. The flower produces a rotten smell. This is because of the reddish tentacle-like part in the corolla of the petals.

Banner image: The Rafflesia possess neither roots, leaves nor stems. Image by Aqil F via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Illegal plant trade, tourism threaten new Philippine flowering herbs.

IT was reported that forestry researchers have found a rare species of the Rafflesia parasitic flowering plant called the Rafflesia keithii in the Silabukan forest reserve, some 50km east of Sabah ...

KOTA KINABALU: A rare species of the Rafflesia parasitic flowering plant called the Rafflesia keithii has been found in the Silabukan forest reserve, some 50km east of Sabah’s eastern Lahad Datu ...

The Rafflesia holds deep cultural meaning for local Orang Asli communities, especially the Temiar and Jahai tribes, ... This unique plant has no leaves, stems, or roots of its own ...