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Hydnora Africana

Some basic info about this plant

What is the Hydnora Africana?

• The Hydnora Africana is a part of a parsitic plant genus, and it's a part of the family Aristolochiaceae.

• The scientific name of this parastic plant happens to be the name the plant goes by, Hydnora Africana or Hydnora for short.

• This plant has a reddish color due to it's lack of chloropyhll. It looks kind of fleshy and texture which makes it seem more like a fungus, rather than a plant.

• These plants inhabit dry along with semi-arid climates in Southern Africa

• Because this plant has not chlorophyll, which gives the plants a green pigment and harvests energy from the sun, it relies on a plants like called Euphorbia to get energy.

• Atlhough, hydnora can get nutrients from other plants these parasites often grow in areas where there is lot's of Euphorbia.

• The Hydnora attaches to a host in order to get the nutrients that the plant gets from photosynthesis.

• There is not much detail about how these plants develop other than the fact they grow underground and sprout up.

Diet and Habitat

Also in South and Central America

Down here in most of Southern Africa is where the Hydnora thrives

Where the Hydnora Africana is located

Extinction stats??

Lifespan?

We don't know yet

• The Hydrona's a bisexual plant meaning it has both male and a female reproductive part. These are the androecial (male) chamber and the subtending gynoecial (female) chamber of the plant. This creates the passage for bugs to get in.

• Some species of these parasites make them selves hotter to spread their nasty scent.

• The plant basically traps the insect for a while in order for their male organs to mature and that covers the bugs in pollen. This happens over the course of a day then the plant releases the bugs.

How do these guys reproduce?

Reproduction

There is not much research done on flowering parasites, like the hydnora, and they only make up 1% of flowering plants.

Unfortunatley....

food for animals

These parasites also provide food for animals as they create a fruit that has similar taste and texture as a potatoe, which takes 2 years to ripen. This feeds animals such as birds, jackals, porcupines and moles.

medicine/ailment for humans!

Cool Facts about this plant

• Firstly, the fruit produced by this plant is also eaten by humans.

• It has been used in face wash to treate acne, and has been used in tanning creams.

• It can preserve fish nets....that's weird.

• Infusions of the fruit has been used to treat illnesses in the kideny, dysentry (diarrhea containing blood or mucus), and bladder issues.

You humans are so desperate.....for food

The Meme

• Kingdom- Plantae
• Phylum- Angiosperms
• Class: Magnoliids
• Order- Piperales
• Family- Aristolochiaceae
• Genus- Hydnora
• Species- H. africana

Additional Info-

Grant, Amy. “StackPath.” Gardening Know How, www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/hydnora/hydnora-africana-plant- info.htm#:%7E:text=Hydnora%20africana%20flowers%20are%20bisexual,is%20covered%20by%20many%20bristles. Accessed 6 May 2022. Sain, Todd, Sr. “Hydnora Africana.” Our Breathing Planet, 1 Aug. 2021, www.ourbreathingplanet.com/hydnora-africana. Yayayoy. “Confident Presenting Emoticon.” VectorStock, 9 Aug. 2018, www.vectorstock.com/royalty-free-vector/confident-presenting-emoticon-vector-21497912. “The Strangest Plant In The World?!” YouTube, uploaded by Gross Science Science, 15 Mar. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBVd9Stp2s8. Wikipedia contributors. “Hydnora Africana.” Wikipedia, 18 Mar. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydnora_africana. StrangePlants. “Hydnora Africana – KSPRI.” Korean Strange Plant Research Institute, 13 Nov. 2016, www.strangeplants.org/hydnora-africana. “Hydnora Africana.” Botanical Society of America, cms.botany.org/home/resources/parasitic-plants/hydnora-africana.html. Accessed 6 May 2022. “Aristolochiaceae | Characteristics, Genera, and Species.” Encyclopedia Britannica, www.britannica.com/plant/Aristolochiaceae#ref1278443. Accessed 6 May 2022. Thorogood, C., 2022. Hydnora:The strangest plant in the world?. [online] Available at: <https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.9> [Accessed 6 May 2022].

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