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King Salman Honors Dr. Nizar Madani

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King Salman Honors Dr. Nizar Madani

via SPA
via SPA

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud conferred King Abdulaziz Sash of the second class on former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar bin Obaid Madani in recognition of his efforts, contributions, and services to his homeland.

This came during the King's reception of Dr. Madani at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Wednesday on the occasion of the end of his term of office.

The King commended Dr. Madani's efforts exerted during his service, stressing the importance of honoring everyone who works in the service of his country, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The audience was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, Minister of State for African Countries Affairs Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Qattan and Undersecretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Protocol Affairs Azzam bin Abdulkarim Al-Qain.

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Plant Native to Sumatra Warms Up to About Temperature of Human Body

A flowering titan arum at Kew Gardens, London. Photograph: Clara Charles/AFP/Getty Images
A flowering titan arum at Kew Gardens, London. Photograph: Clara Charles/AFP/Getty Images
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Plant Native to Sumatra Warms Up to About Temperature of Human Body

A flowering titan arum at Kew Gardens, London. Photograph: Clara Charles/AFP/Getty Images
A flowering titan arum at Kew Gardens, London. Photograph: Clara Charles/AFP/Getty Images

This giant plant stinks to high heaven and warms up to about the temperature of a human body. It's the inflorescence of the titan arum, Amorphophallus titanum, a plant called a spadix that stands up to three metres tall, warms up to 36C at night and gives off the stench of a rotting corpse.

This wonder is actually a ruse to attract carrion flies and beetles to pollinate the small flowers that are tucked away at the base of the spadix inside a large bucket-shaped leafy wrapper, where the insects are trapped until the flowers are successfully pollinated, The Guardian reported.

A recent study revealed the plant’s pungent odours were made up of a stinky cocktail of sulphur chemicals, including the aptly named compound putrescine, which is given off by rotting animal carcasses.

This foul concoction is released only when the spadix warms up in short pulses.

The titan arum grows in the forests of Sumatra in Indonesia, and to add to its otherworldly qualities, the plant takes years to come into bloom for the first time, and when it does flower, the bloom only lasts a few days.