titan arum

English

Etymology

First attested in the 20th century.

Noun

titan arum (plural titan arums)

1. Amorphophallus titanum, an aroid native to Sumatra.
   • 1962, “A Titan Arum Flowers”, in The American Horticultural Magazine, volume 41, page 45:

     In April of 1961 Longwood Gardens was able to display for the first time in its greenhouses a flowering specimen of Amorphophallus titanum, the titan arum of Sumatra, often billed incorrectly as "the largest flower in the world."

Translations

Amorphopallus titanum

• Arabic: زهرة الجثة
• Bulgarian: титаничният аморфофалус (titaničnijat amorfofalus), трупно цвете (trupno cvete)
• Catalan: amorfofal·lus
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巨花魔芋 (jùhuā móyù)

• Danish: titan arum, ligblomst, penisblomst
• Dutch: reuzenaronskelk (nl) m, penisplant f
• Finnish: jättipökkövehka
• French: arum titan (fr) m
• German: Titanenwurz f
• Hebrew: לוף ענק
• Hungarian: titánbuzogány (hu)
• Indonesian: kibut, bunga bangkai raksasa, suweg raksasa
• Italian: aro titano, aro gigante
• Japanese: ショクダイオオコンニャク (shokudaiōkon'nyaku), スマトラオオコンニャク (sumatoraōkon'nyaku)
• Javanese: kembang bangah, suweg raksasa, pang krebuit
• Korean: 시체꽃 (sichekkot)
• Lithuanian: gigantiškasis amorfofalas
• Malay: pokok bunga bangkai
• Persian: گل بدبو, گل جسد
• Polish: dziwidło olbrzymie
• Portuguese: jarro-titã, flor-cadáver
• Russian: aморфофаллус титанический (amorfofallus titaničeskij)
• Spanish: aro gigante
• Sundanese: kembang bangké baksaksa
• Swedish: jätteknölkalla
• Tagalog: titan arum
• Tamil: டைட்டன் ஆரம் (ṭaiṭṭaṉ āram)
• Thai: บุกยักษ์, ดอกบุกยักษ์, ดอกซากศพ
• Turkish: ceset çiçeği
• Ukrainian: аморфофалюс велетенський (amorfofaljus veletensʹkyj)
• Urdu: لوفِ جسیم
• Vietnamese: titan arum, hoa xác chết khổng lồ, chân bê titan