American Prosopanche

The American Prosopanche (Prosopanche americana) is one of the most astonishing subterranean holoparasitic flora in the Western Hemisphere. Belonging to the ancient family Aristolochiaceae (subfamily Hydnoroideae), this bizarre plant lives its entire vegetative...

African Jackal Food

African Jackal Food (Hydnora abyssinica), also known colloquially as the ‘jackal fruit,’ is an ancient and bizarre parasitic plant native to the semi-arid bushlands of eastern and southern Africa. Defying standard botanical morphology, it is completely...
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