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Araceae

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Araceae (not to be confused with Arecaceae) is a family of monocots in which the flowers are borne on a spadix, with female flowers at the bottom and male flowers at the top, enclosed in a spathe. It includes the calla and the largest flower in the world, Amorphophallus titanum.