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The genus Caralluma is notorious for the worst-smelling flowers. These flowers, coming at the end of the summer, are pollinated by flies. The smell of the flowers attracts them in large quantities.

Caralluma socotrana

Species and varieties
Caralluma burchardii
Caralluma deflersiana
Caralluma diffusa
Caralluma hesperidum
Caralluma socotrana
Synonym and obsolete names
Caralluma commutata ssp. hesperidum synonym of Caralluma hesperidum
Caralluma decaisneana ssp. hesperidum synonym of Caralluma hesperidum
Caralluma melanantha synonym of Orbeopsis melanantha

 

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