Konjac

Amorphophallus perennational herb. The ancient name □□. Serve with underground bulbs. Native to tropical rainforests and subtropical monsoon forest areas in the eastern hemisphere. There are wild primitive species in India's tropical forests, possibly originating in India. Ancient times came to Ceyil and Indo- and then to China for cultivation, and later to Japan. The "Name Collection" has recorded that Sichuan people regard magic taro as a treasure. The magic taro is widely distributed. Asian countries east of the Himalayas, Indonesia in the rainforest climate zone on the equatorial line in the south, Ningxia and Shaanxi monsoon climate affected areas at 36 degrees north latitude in northern China are distributed. Southwest China, south China, Taiwan and other places more cultivation, Europe and the United States have not yet seen cultivation and consumption.


Form and type
magic taro bulb flat spherical, commodity taro generally cross-sectional diameter of about 10 to 14 cm, 23 to 27 cm, containing toxic alkaloids, can not raw food. When cooked, it is non-toxic. The bulb side buds can grow into seed bulbs, the upper middle can grow root-like stems, the top or middle of which emits new bulbs, as large as the finger. Mother bulbs, sub-bulbs and root stems can all be used as reproductive organs. After the formation of the new plant, the base forms a new bulb, while the old bulb and root stem shrink and decay as the nutrients are gradually consumed by the new bulb. If not collected for many years, the old and new bulbs are replaced every year. Each plant in a year generally only grow a large leaf 1 piece, height and amplitude can be more than 1 meter, leaf handle smooth, light red to yellow-green, some with green-brown plaques. The leaves are dark green and split. From the spter of the section issued a fleshy non-terratic root, with fibrous side root and root hair, for the absorption of organs. Flowers for the meat spike flower sequence can bear berries and "seeds." Plants born more than 2 years may flower, but generally a plant when flowering, then not long leaves;


Magic taro plant
China produces magic taro edibles are: (1) A. rivieri, for the consumption of magic taro cultivated in a wider variety of chinese Han and Central Plains, Sichuan and southern China provinces widely cultivated; (2) A. mairei, produced in northeast Yunnan; (3) A.sinensis, which is endeth to China, is native to most of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian; and (4) warthog taro (A. virosus), produced in tropical areas below 750 meters in Guangdong, guangxi and southern Yunnan. In addition, in western Sichuan, the white taro, its meat color white, high quality.


Cultivated
is warm and moist, and can be planted in areas with an average annual temperature of 14 to 20 degrees C and a frost-free period of more than 240 days. The bulbs began to germinate above 15 degrees C, and the above ground grew vigorously from 18 to 20 degrees C, and 22 to 25 degrees C was most suitable for the bulbs to puff. Suitable for fertile, moist, humus-rich soil. Shade-resistant, a variety of flat slopes behind the front of the house, under the dredging forest, on the edge of the forest or at the mouth of a ditch by the stream. Most of the large-scale cultivation in the production area is made with corn. Breed with mother or child bulbs, sow in March and harvest in October.


Use
magic taro contains glucosamine, there is a reduction of
serum
bile gussy vast slugsearth Υ 0 to 100 times, can be processed into "magic taro tofu." In addition, it can be used as
culture
-base for
microbial
, adhesives for pulp yarn, papermaking, and porcelain coatings. Fresh bulbs contain toxic alkaloids, medical external use, has the function of detoxifying and detoxifying swelling.