Dracontium gigas is an herbaceous rainforest plant of the calla family (Araceae), native to Central America. It resembles the Old World species Amorphophallus titanum but has a spadix that is shorter than the spathe, with a somewhat smaller inflorescence up to in height. The leaf is up to high by up to wide.[1]
This species was discovered in 1869 by Berthold Seemann, in the mountains of the Chontales Department of Nicaragua.[2] It can also be found in Trinidad and Tobago, and "gives off a disgusting carrion-like odor".[3]