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Arisaema
(redirected from Cobra Lilies)

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Arisaema
toxic plant genus in family Araceae. Contains raphide oxalate crystals; causes oral mucosal erosions and stomatitis if ingested. Called also Indian turnip, jack-in-the-pulpit.


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You could also try the sinister cobra lilies from the Himalayas, the stout and showy South African crinums, or dainty wild gladioli from the meadows of the veldt.
In the glade beneath the trees grew blue meconopsis and yellow Primula Helodoxa, as well as weird cobra lilies.
The Himalayan cobra lilies, or arisaemas, have strange offal-like flowers and give out a sickening aroma of rotting meat to attract pollinating flies.
 
 
 
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