Devil's Tongue Amorphophallus konjac
Other Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- a-mor-fo-FAL-us KON-jak
- Description
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Voodoo Lily is a perennial plant found in forest margins and thickets in China. It has glossy brown edible corms (bobo-tuber) that produce rhizomatous offsets each year. The large showy flowers are purple and appear in the spring. They have a strong foul odor.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- Albus
Dwarf White Voodoo Lily
- Albus
- Albus
- Tags:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- Albus
Dwarf White Voodoo Lily
- Albus
- Albus
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Amorphophallus
- Species:
- konjac
- Family:
- Araceae
- Uses (Ethnobotany):
- Used as a food source and traditional medicine in Asia.
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- China
- Edibility:
- The tubers are starchy and edible WHEN COOKED like a potato. It is commonly dried and ground into a flour and used in noodles and tofu.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Edible
- Perennial
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
- Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 6a, 6b, 7b, 7a, 8b, 8a, 9b, 9a, 10a, 10b, 11b, 11a
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Red/Burgundy
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Spadix
- Flower Description:
- Flowers emit a stinky odor and are pollinated by flies.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Bipinnate
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Problems:
- Malodorous
