10 World's Unique Plants

Plants are a diverse and unique creatures. There was a sensational, unique, and fierce. Here's a strange and unique plants in the world:

1. Welwitschia Mirabilis (The World's Strongest Plants)

It did not plant this one great plasticity, but the original plant was indeed remarkable Namibia, only one. This plant has only two leaves and a stem and root system, only that aja.

But these two leaves continue to grow until eventually an Alien-like plants in the world. The longer the stem of these plants may become more bold, but not raised, the maximum height of this plant is only 2 meters but can reach 8 meters in width.

Age of these plants can reach 400 until the 15th century. Can survive without rain for five years. Moreover, plants in Namibia called Onyanga proved tasty to eat good eaten raw or cooked in the coals. Meaning of the name is Onion Onyanga Desert!

2. Dionaea Muscipula (Carnivores Plants)

This is one of the most famous carnivorous plants, because the activity and efficiency in trapping prey. The couple "leaves" which is characteristic of this plant is a trap that has an ultra-sensitive hair, who can feel the existence of small animals or insects are coming.

Once the hair on this leaf is touched, then the leaves will close up and trap any animal that approached him.

3. Rafflesia Arnoldii (The World's Largest Flowers)

Great interest that this rare extraordinary attention in the world. Imagine the size of the flowers that can reach one meter and its weight can reach 8 kg to 12 kg.

But the problem is not fragrant smell, even closer to rotting meat. Hence the interest is called carrion flower in our country, which is the original habitat of this flower. These flowers will bloom a week or three days, and attract insects to fertilize with the stench emitted by the flowers. Unfortunately, the result of fertilization, only 10-20 percent of it managed to grow.

4. Desmodium Gyrans (Dance Plants)

Charles Darwin called this plant as Hedysarum, or the botanist called Desmodium Gyrans, or of more modern Motorius Codariocalyx.

Commonly known name is Grass Dancing (Dancing Grass), or Plant Semaphores (Semaphores Plant), because the movement of leaves, similar to a semaphore signal sender's hand movements. This plant grows very easily, just need sun and water alone without the need for complex fertilizers.

5. Euphorbia Obesa (Baseball Plants)

This plant is endemic plants in the area of the Great Karoo, South Africa. Because a funny shape, many fans ended up taking this crop plants and mengkoleksinya, so that the population is severely damaged. Eventually these plants protected by the government of South Africa.

6. Amorphophallus Titanum (Carrion Flower)

Interest on this one big high, even higher than that of humans. Well .. This interest is apparently a corpse flower nicknamed, because other than that it smells like a corpse, also mimic rotting flesh color. This interest was also widely known in the world community as one of the plants native to Indonesia.

7. Baobab (Bottle Plants)

This tree is a native plant of Madagascar, Africa and Australia. This tree is called a bottle tree, because other than that it looked like the bottle shape, this tree is indeed able to store up to 300 liters of water? Why can grow up to 500 years!

8. Dracaena Cinnabari (Dragon Blood Platns)

This plant native Socotra archipelago. This tree is known by the name of the Dragon Blood Tree or Socotra Dragon Tree. The form is unique, like an umbrella, it was just one of these unique trees.

The name of the dragon's blood was taken from this tree sap of this tree is red. Apparently 'dragon's blood' from this tree is useful for the treatment. In addition, it turns out red 'dragon's blood' This tree is also often used as a natural red dye.

9. Selaginella Lepidophylla (Resurrection Plants)

Another name of this flower is the Flower of Jericho, a desert plant is known for its ability to survive even in times of drought. During the dry season, the stems will shrink and roll into balls. And once there is water, this rod would break away from the roll. This plant can be easily found in the Chihuahua desert.

10. Hura Brasiliensis (Dynamite Plants)

This plant is one plant was derived from the Amazon rain forest. Another nickname, Tree of Hell, or there is also dubbed Tree Sand Box (sandbox tree).

Just imagine, the stems covered with sharp thorns, and it was like that, apparently poisonous sap of this tree and is widely used by local residents to poison their arrowheads.

In addition, they also have fruit. And the fruit of this tree is not playing games, so ripe, the fruit of this tree will explode! Even the explosive force of this tree can injure people and animals who accidentally passed near this tree! hence the name like that.

Source: Apakabardunia.com