Search
eco

Konjac

Amorphophallus konjac, commonly known as juruo, konnyaku or konjac, or moyu, 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.

From Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Research Mentions

PubMed → · research article

Konjac root fiber, broken down smartly, feeds gut bacteria better

Konjac, the starchy corm behind the konjac yam and products like shirataki noodles, turns out to ...

mail

Weekly discoveries in your inbox

Get the week's most interesting plant science — one email, every Saturday. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

You'll get a confirmation email — check spam if you don't see it within 5 minutes.

Taxonomy

Scientific: Amorphophallus konjac
Family: Araceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Alismatales