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Arum
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Arum
a genus of the family Araceae which contains many ornamental plants. Includes A. italicum, A. maculatum. Causes intense irritation to the oral mucosa, thought to be due to oxalate raphide crystals in the plant. Called also arum lily, cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies.
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Beyond the true Arums, there is a huge range of plants from the Arum family for you to search out, including the Peace Lily, Spathiphyllum; the mouse plant, Arisarum proboscideum with its strange long-tailed spathes; the Arisaema's that have become so popular for collectors over recent years; the bog Arum, Calla pallustris; the Yellow Skunk Cabbage, Lysichiton americanus with its distinctive musky smell and the Flamingo Flower, Anthurium andraeanum.
Notebook by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Arums, iris, lilies, peonies and a host of tender summer-flowering plants transit the garden into the summer season.
A few more weeks for bulb display by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
The garden's Princess of Wales Conservatory houses 12 of the plants, which produce cream and pink flowers while in bloom, while the base of the stems releases the sickening odour for around three days when the Arums are ready to pollinate.
World's smelliest flowers set to bloom at Kew Gardens by Asian News International
 
 
 
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