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Amorphophallus konjac
Sign in to saveAlso known as Devil's tongue, Konjac, Konjak, Konjaku, Konnyaku, Konnyaku potato, Voodoo lily, Snake palm
species of plant
OverviewAI-generated
*Amorphophallus konjac* is a perennial plant species within the family Araceae. It belongs to the genus *Amorphophallus* and is classified under the order Alismatales, class Liliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species is commonly known as devil's tongue, konjak meal, and by the Chinese names 蒟蒻, 魔芋, and 蘑芋. It was described by K. Koch ex Matsum. & Hayata, with the source cited as Gujin Tushu Jicheng.
The plant is native to South-Central China and has been introduced to North-Central China, Southeast China, the East Himalaya, Korea, Nansei-shoto, the Philippines, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. Its taxon range includes Beijing, Fujian, and Guangdong in China. *Amorphophallus konjac* is used as a medicinal plant and vegetable, and it inhabits solutional caves.
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Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAlismatales
- FamilyAraceae
蒟蒻（學名：Amorphophallus konjac），天南星科魔芋屬，多年生宿根性塊莖草本植物。原產日本、印度、斯里蘭卡、馬來半島，在中國西南地區栽種亦有多年歷史，自古便是中國古書中的藥草之一。除上述產地外，亦分佈於越南、喜馬拉雅山地至泰國以及中國大陸的甘肅、寧夏至江南各省、陝西等地，近年來尤在四川、雲南、貴州一帶大量生產。台灣的埔里、魚池、台東等地亦有生產，生長於海拔310米至2,200米的地區，多生長於林緣、疏林下以及溪谷兩旁濕潤地。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 158
- With media
- 210
- Family
- Araceae
- Collections
- CAS, CM, MICH, SAT, NY, UT
- Recorded in
- China, United States, Philippines, Sweden, Malaysia
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Encyclopedic overview
Amorphophallus konjac, commonly known as moyu (Chinese: 魔芋; pinyin: móyù, lit. 'demonic taro', 'magical taro'), juruo (Chinese: 蒟蒻; pinyin: jǔruò), konnyaku, or konjac is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. In English, it is also referred to as devil's tongue, voodoo lily, snake palm, or elephant yam.
Native to China and cultivated in East and Southeast Asia, the perennial species forms a corm, the stem of which produces a purplish flower. Food made from the corm is known as móyù (Chinese: 魔芋), a term that also refers to the plant itself, and as konnyaku in Japanese. It can be made into white or black cake, as well as a kind of noodle called shirataki.
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