Hydnora africana
Hydnora africana is an achlorophyllous plant in the family Hydnoraceae, native to southern Africa that is parasitic on the roots of members of the Euphorbiaceae family. The plant grows underground, except for a fleshy flower that emerges above ground and emits an odor of feces to attract its natural pollinators, dung beetles, and carrion beetles. The flowers act as temporary traps, retaining the beetles that enter long enough for them to pick up pollen. It is also called jakkalskos or jackal food. The genus name comes from the Greek word hydon, which translates to being like a fungus, and the specific epithet africana means to be from Africa.
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Hydnora africana
Hydnora africana is an achlorophyllous plant in the family Hydnoraceae, native to southern Africa that is parasitic on the roots of members of the Euphorbiaceae family. The plant grows underground, except for a fleshy flower that emerges above ground and emits an odor of feces to attract its natural pollinators, dung beetles, and carrion beetles. The flowers act as temporary traps, retaining the beetles that enter long enough for them to pick up pollen. It is also called jakkalskos or jackal food. The genus name comes from the Greek word hydon, which translates to being like a fungus, and the specific epithet africana means to be from Africa.
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Hydnora africana es una especi ...... udaba a una cabra a dar a luz.
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Hydnora africana is an achloro ...... icana means to be from Africa.
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نبات هيدنورا أفريكانا هي واحدة ...... ذ هذا الشكل لكي تصطاد الحشرات.
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Hydnora africana
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Hydnora africana flowers, Karasburg Constituency, Namibia, 2002
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Hydnora africana es una especi ...... udaba a una cabra a dar a luz.
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Hydnora africana is an achloro ...... icana means to be from Africa.
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نبات هيدنورا أفريكانا هي واحدة ...... ذ هذا الشكل لكي تصطاد الحشرات.
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Hydnora africana
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Hydnora africana
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نبات هيدنورا أفريكانا
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