There are many movies and animations about humans and animals with extravagant powers, but in the world of plants there are also some unique features and powers. These strange plants can be very gigantic, survive the fire, shoot their seeds, and even make the other animals a left stick! These "monster herbs" are always ready to kill their supernatural forces in the face of other beings. Here are some of these weird and rare plants.
1- Corpse flower
Scientific name: Amorphophallus titanium or Titanium
Nickname: Corpse flower
Special Feature: It has a nauseous smell.
Interesting points: This flower is considered very big in the world of plants. The height of the Titanium from the ground can reach about 3 meters. The flowering time of this plant is not predictable, and so whenever this happens, its news becomes the first headline of the media.
Habitat: Titanium is found in the Sumatra rainforest, but a number of these flowers can be found in the huge botanical gardens.
2- Sandbox tree
Scientific name: Hura crepitans
Nickname: Sandbox tree
Special Feature: Blow your fruits and shoot their beans.
Interesting points: Large thorns and cones on the skin of this tree have given it a superficial look. Sandbox tree uses these thorns to defend itself. The fruits of this tree look like a pumpkin, and they blend in with a blast like a lofty bubble, and they split up and throw their nuclei up to a 14-meter-long tree.
Habitat: This tropical tree is a native plant of North and South America.
3- Corpse lily
Scientific name: Rafflesia arnoldii
Nickname: Corpse lily
Special Feature: You go to the roots of your host plant.
Interesting facts: This plant is considered the largest single flower in the world, with a diameter of 5.97 centimeters. This flower is in fact a kind of parasite. Therefore, it does not have its own roots and leaves and grows on the roots of the host plant. This flower has a bad odor, some of which are similar to the smell of rotting meat. This plant absorbs spit flies with its very bad smell to use for pollination.
Habitat: This plant grows in Indonesia and is also found in botanical gardens.
4- Sensitive plant
Scientific name: Mimosa pudica
Nickname: Sensitive plant
Specific feature: It closes its leaves and bends itself.
Interesting Points: This plant, also known as the Flint, touches any contact with its leaves and bends itself. The reason is the strange blue reactions that leak out of the cells of the sepals and the stems quickly. The leaves of this plant will be restored within a few minutes, and the plant will return to its original state.
Habitat: Glacier is a native plant of Central and South America and grows in other tropical regions.
5- Whistling Thorn
Scientific name: Vachellia drepanolobium
Nickname: Whistling Thorn
Special Feature: Shows the animal itself.
Interesting points: This tree, which is a kind of acacia, produces a whistling sound from the end of the bulb. The strangest feature of this tree is the "friendly relationship" with the ants. Both the tree and the ants benefit from their peaceful coexistence. Ants form a hollow end of the tree thorns and create holes in these roots. The same holes are a whistle like tree that keeps the animals away from the branches and leaves of the tree.
Habitat: This tree is a native African plant.
6- Queen Victoria’s Water Lily
Scientific name: Victoria amazonica
Nickname: Queen Victoria's Water Lily
Special Feature: Can withstand up to 45 kg.
Interesting points: The special feature of this plant lies in its round, very solid and large leaves, with a diameter of more than 2.5 meters. The air, which is enclosed in the veins of the plant, allows the leaves to remain floating on the water and withstand a lot of weight. During one season, each plant produces 40 to 50 leaves that cover the surface of the water and prevent the growth of any other plant.
Habitat: This plant is located in Bolivia, but it also grows in some botanical gardens.
7- Tropical Pitcher
Scientific name: Nepenthes
Nickname: Tropical Pitcher
Special Feature: Traps and eats insects.
Interesting points: Pitcher leaves like this plant act like a trap. The martyr that drains from the trap hole attracts insects and other herbs. These mischievous bait slip from the top of the pitcher and fall into the plant and nectar inside it. The victims, who do not escape the other way, drown inside the liquid and eventually digest by the enzymes of this carnivorous plant.
Habitat: This plant is located in Madagascar, Southeast Asia and Australia.
8- Eucalyptus
Scientific name: Eucalyptus
Special Feature: It survives the fire.
Interesting points: The leaves of this tree produce a lot of flammable oil and create a lot of energy when burned. Although fire is a disaster for most herbs, Eucalyptus trees use this tragedy to spread their seeds. When eucalyptus burns, it rains from the seeds of this tree. These trees can resist fire and their burned shell is restored instead of being destroyed.