Amorphophallus titanum-시체꽃

국표에는 없다.

 

Amorphophallus (곤약속)은 두 종이다.

Amorphophallus titanum, the titan arum, is a flowering plant in the family Araceae. It has the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. The inflorescence of the talipot palm, Corypha umbraculifera, is larger, but it is branched rather than unbranched. Amorphophallus titanum is endemic to Sumatra.

Due to its odor, like that of a rotting corpse, the titan arum is characterized as a carrion flower, and is also known as the corpse flower or corpse plant (Indonesian: bunga bangkai—bunga means flower, while bangkai can be translated as corpse, cadaver, or carrion).

The titan arum's berries arrange in a regular cylindrical form that resemble the packing of spheres inside a cylindrical confinement. Those structures are also called columnar structures or crystals.

The titan arum's inflorescence can reach over 3 metres (10 ft) in height. Like the related cuckoo pint and calla lily, it consists of a fragrant spadix of flowers wrapped by a spathe, which looks like a large petal. In the case of the titan arum, the spathe is a deep green on the outside and dark burgundy red on the inside, with a deeply furrowed texture. The spadix is almost hollow and resembles a large baguette. Near the bottom of the spadix, hidden from view inside the sheath of the spathe, the spadix bears two rings of small flowers. The upper ring bears the male flowers, the lower ring is spangled with bright red-orange carpels. The "fragrance" of the titan arum resembles rotting meat, attracting carrion-eating beetles and flesh flies (family Sarcophagidae) that pollinate it. The inflorescence's deep red color and texture contribute to the illusion that the spathe is a piece of meat. During bloom, the tip of the spadix is approximately human body temperature, which helps the perfume volatilize; this heat is also believed to assist in the illusion that attracts carcass-eating insects.

Both male and female flowers grow in the same inflorescence. The female flowers open first, then a day or two following, the male flowers open. This usually prevents the flower from self-pollinating.

After the flower dies back, a single leaf, which reaches the size of a small tree, grows from the underground corm. The leaf grows on a somewhat green stalk that branches into three sections at the top, each containing many leaflets. The leaf structure can reach up to 6 m (20 ft) tall and 5 m (16 ft) across. Each year, the old leaf dies and a new one grows in its place. When the corm has stored enough energy, it becomes dormant for about four months. Then the process repeats.

 

Amorphophallus titanum - Wikipedia

 

Amorphophallus titanum, tuber weighting 117 kg. It subsequently produced three inflorescences simultaniously in May 2006 at the Botanic Gardens Bonn

The corm is the largest known, typically weighing around 50 kg (110 lb).[5] When a specimen at the Princess of Wales Conservatory, Kew Gardens, was repotted after its dormant period, the weight was recorded as 91 kg (201 lb). [6] In 2006, a corm in the Botanical Garden of Bonn, Germany, was recorded at 117 kg (258 lb),[7] and an A. titanum grown in Gilford, New Hampshire by Dr. Louis Ricciardiello in 2010 weighed 138 kg (305 lb).[8][9] However, the current record is held by a corm grown at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, weighing 153.9 kg (339 lb) after 7 years' growth from an initial corm the size of an orange.[10] The tallest documented inflorescence was recorded at the Botanical Gardens Bonn (Germany) in May 2013 and reached 3.20 m.

 

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곤약

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자주색

Amorphophallus konjac K.Koch.

분포지역

한때 남부지방에서 재배했다한때 남부지방에서 재배했다. 남부지방의 절 근처에서 간혹 볼 수 있다.

형태

여러해살이풀이다.

잎

잎은 3개로 전열되고 다시 2-3개로 갈라지며 엽병은 원주형이고 연한 녹색으로서 연한 자주색 반점이 있다. 열편은 다시 우상으로 갈라지고 축에 불규칙한 날개가 있다. 소열편은 난상 피침형이며 가장자리가 밋밋하고 끝이 꼬리처럼 길게 뾰족하며 잎몸에 털이 없고 밑부분은 예저로서 길이 4-8㎝이다.

꽃

봄에 화경이 나오며 길이1m정도로서 밑부분에 2-3개의 비늘같은 잎이 달리고 끝에서 길이 30-50㎝의 꽃차례가 발달한다. 포는 깔대기같은 통형이며 암자색으로서 겉에 털이 없고 안쪽 밑에는 잔돌기가 있다. 밑부분에 암꽃, 윗부분에 수꽃이 연속해서 달리며 끝이 화서보다 훨씬 길게 자라고 암자색이다.

열매

장과는 옥수수처럼 밀착하며 황적색으로 익는다.

뿌리

알줄기는 편평한 원형이고 큰것은 지름 20㎝이상이며 위쪽 중앙에서 잎이 나와 길이 1m정도 자란다.

생육환경

한때 남부지방에서 재배했다한때 남부지방에서 재배했다. 남부지방의 절 근처에서 간혹 볼 수 있다.

곤약 - Daum 백과