Their smell has been described as foetid, and they attract blowflies.
The elliptic-ovate to narrowly elliptic leaves are 2060 mm long, 1325 mm wide, with a slightly foetid odour when bruised.
The odor of the flowers has been described as malodorous and foetid.
The wood has a strong foetid smell, because of the presence of skatole.
The gleba found on the disc and inner side of the arms is slimy, foetid, and green colored.
The crushed foliage has a strong foetid smell, from which the species gets its name.
The spore-containing substance, the gleba, is typically gelatinous, often foetid-smelling, and deliquescent (becoming liquid from the absorption of water).
The fleshy, bright green, broadly lanceolate or lanceolate to elliptic leaves are 3090 mm long, 1540 mm wide, with a foetid odour when crushed.
