Our world is so big that we didn’t even know other unknown species actually exist. Here are some of them and they really looks odd. Honestly I haven’t seen any of these rare plants. Check out these 12 creepy plants in the world (Some says they shouldn’t exist LOL.)
1. Chinese Fleeceflower
The Chinese use this plant in their traditional medicine for kidney health, strong bones and hair restoration, and as a mild laxative. But what’s interesting in this weird looking plant is it’s ROOTS. The root looks like a little human dug out from the grave. Kinda creepy right?
2. Sea Anemone Mushroom – Octopus Stinkhorn
This species looks weird. As its name implies, this fungus look likes an octopus. Clathrus archeri, commonly known as OctopusStinkhorn, is endemic to Australia and Tasmania. The young fungus erupts from a suberumpent egg by forming into four to seven elongated slender arms initially erect and attached at the top. In maturity it smells of putrid flesh.
3. Bleeding Tooth Fungus
The bleeding tooth fungus is an inedible hydnoid species, producing spores on the surface of vertical spines or tooth-like projections that hang from the undersurface of the fruit bodies. It is commonly found in North America, and Europe. They’re also called the strawberries and cream, the red-juice tooth, and the devil’s tooth.
Young bleeding tooth fungus can “bleed” a bright red fluid that contains a pigment that is actually a sweat blood. On the other hand, the bloodlike substance has anticoagulant and antibacterial properties. It’s nature’s next penicillin!
4. Chinese Black Batflowers (Chinese MYSHETSVET)
The Chinese black batflower is a very unusual plant from Southeast Asia, specifically in tropical forests of the Yunnan Province of China. It has a purple-black color and a shape resembling a bat silhouette.
It is kept as an ornamental plant by gardeners and is extremely rare, with has blooms that can reach to twelve inches in diameter. and thirty-six inches in hieght. The unique characteristic of this flower can be attributed to its ‘whiskers’ that can grow over two feet (similar looking to a bat’s whiskers). Their dangling fruit even looks like bats sleeping upside down, as pictured above.
5. Doll’s Eye
Doll’s eye is a highly poisonous plant with gloomy looking ball which has the appearance of an eye, the ball is 1 cm in diameter. It is white sphere which has black stigma on it which resembles the retina of the eye, is found on the edge of the plant. Although the poison is found in the entire plant, but is mainly concentrated in its fruits. The poison which is found in this plant has a very fatal effect on the cardiac muscles which causes quick death.
6. Peter Popper Red Hot Peppers
This naughty-looking chili makes a great conversation piece in the garden or in the kitchen due to its distinctively phallic shape. The plant itself is very rare species and was originally native to American states like Texas and Louisiana. It grows to about 3-4 inches long and 1-1.5 inches wide, and matures to a bright red dick like chili.
The Peters Pepper is also known as Penis Peppers (for obvious reasons), these funny-looking bad boys also pack quite a punch; they have a heat level similar to Tabasco peppers and are 10 ten times hotter than Jalapenos.
7. Devil’s Claw
Commonly known as devil’s claw (Harpagophytum) are kind of like those little thistle burs that get stuck to your clothes when you walk through a field. They are native to Southern Africa and also called grapple plant, wood spider. It is called “devil’s claw” due to the peculiar appearance of its hooked fruit.
The plant’s large tuberous roots are used medicinally to reduce pain and fever, and to stimulate digestion. European colonists brought devil’s claw home where it was used to treat arthritis. They are also used by Native Americans to weave baskets and likely as a ward for enemies.
8. Buddha’s Hand
Though it looks like a lemon gone wild, the Buddha’s hand is actually a distinct fruit in the citron family. It has a strong sweet, lemon blossom aroma but lacks juice or pulp. Buddha’s hand is a citrus fruit popular in China and Japan for its strong fragrance. The mild-tasting pith of the fruit is not bitter, and can be used in some ways like making candies, Booze, or can be eaten raw as desserts.
In China the Buddha’s Hand citron symbolizes happiness and long life, because its name, “fo-shou”, has those meanings when written with other characters. Chinese like to carry the fruit in their hands, place it on tables in their homes, and present it as a sacrificial offering at temple altars.
9. Cedar Apple Rust Fungus
Cedar Apple Rust Fungus is not actually a plant but a fungal infection that develops inside of cedar and apples. Just a few weeks of consuming the fruit, it produces globular fungal balls anywhere from a 1/4 inch to 2 inches in diameter and inflates “spore horns” when the weather gets wet, transforming it into the creepy tentacled balls from hell.
10. Dionaea muscipula – The Venus Fly Trap
The Venus Fly Trap is the most famous of all carnivorous plants due to the active and efficient nature of its unique traps.
This carnivorous plant has two hinged leaves covered in ultra sensitive fine hairs that detect the presence of everything from ants to arachnids. When the victim crawls in the “mouth” of the monstrous plant, the “jaws” are closed and the poor creatures are gradually digested. It is commonly fed by midges, slugs and even frogs, enticing them with a foul smell.
11. Rafflesia
The Rafflesia looks like flower from the Jurassic era. It is a genus of parasitic flowering plants containing approximately 28 species. This montrous flower are found in southeastern Asia, on Indonesia, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Thailand and the Philippines.
The Rafflesia arnoldii is largest “single” flower of any flowering plant in the world, in some cases, about 1 meter in diameter and weighing more than 10 kg! The stem and roots are not available, the parasite is attached to the vines and has a huge flower, with a surprisingly smelly odor.
12. Porcupine Tomato
The porcupine tomato is an evergreen shrub native to tropical Madagascar and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. The plant contains various toxic tropane alkaloids in its leaves, stem and fruit and therefore should be considered dangerous to humans.
Aside from being sharp and poisonous, the porcupine tomato is a potentially invasive species, since it is difficult to kill even in drought, but will die below freezing point. It also spreads quickly, and can reach 8 feet tall by 8 feet wide in a relatively short amount of time.
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