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Rafflesia is an exotic flower found in Borneo. It's the largest flower on earth and also smells very bad, so it's sometimes called a "corpse flower".

Rafflesia Flower is a genus of parasitic flowering plants. It was discovered in the Indonesian rain forest.

The plant has no stems, leaves or true roots. The only part of the plant that can be seen outside the host vine is the five-petaled red flower.

In some species the flower may be over 39 in in diameter and weigh up to 22 lb.

The flowers look and smell like rotting flesh hence its local names which translate to "corpse flower" or "meat flower". Because of this smell the flower attracts a lot of insects which transfer pollen from one flower to the next.

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