University of the Philippines Los Baños and University of Oxford Botanic Garden botanists named the Rafflesia banaoana after the indigenous group, the species' chief protectors.
Most people in the world know the Rafflesia as the plant species with the largest flowers in the world. If not that, then maybe they better know it for one of its species' monickers: the corpse flower. Its less-than-pleasant smell ...
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