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Rafflesia arnoldii, the world’s largest individual flower, is kind of nasty. Found in the forests of Malaysia and Indonesia, its giant red-brown blossom is nearly 1 meter (3.3 feet) in diameter and weighs up to 11 kg (24 pounds). It cannot photosynthesise it depends on nutrients that it steals from the roots of neighboring Tetrastigma vines. Identify the host and the parasite in this relationship.

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This is a parasitic plant, means they get their food from other plants instead of making food and water their own.

Therefore parasite is Rafflesia Arnoldii ,
host is tetrastigma vines.

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