Plant Details

Accepted name:: Amorphophallus konjac K.Koch [Araceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amorphophallus rivieri	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
devil's palm	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devil's tongue	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devil's-tongue	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
elephant yam	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
elephant-yam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hua mo yu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
huā gěng tiān nán xíng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
huā sǎn bǎ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
keladi lekir	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
konjac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
konjak-knölkalla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
konnyaku	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
leopard-palm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
mo yu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mó yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
snake-palm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stinkende titanenwurz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
umbrella arum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
voodoo lily	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
xīng yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhuó juàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
星芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
磨芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
花伞把	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
花梗天南行	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蒟蒻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
魔芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
tuber		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amorphophallus mairei H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 259 (1914).
Amorphophallus rivierei Durieu ex Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 42: 573 (1871).
Hydrosme rivierei (Durieu ex Carrière) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 188 (1880).
Amorphophallus nanus H.Li & C.L.Long Aroideana 11: 8 (1988 publ. 1989).
Amorphophallus palmiformis Durieu ex Rivière Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 28: 15 (1869), not validly publ.
Amorphophallus rivierei var. konjac (K.Koch) Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 313 (1879), nom. illeg.
Brachyspatha konjac (K.Koch) K.Koch Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 4: 13 (1858).
Conophallus konjak Schott Syn. Aroid.: 34 (1856).
Conophallus konniaku Schott ex Fesca Beitr. Jap. Landwirthsch. 2(Spec. Theil): 241 (1893), orth. var.
Proteinophallus rivierei (Durieu ex Carrière) Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 101: t. 6195 (1875).
Tapeinophallus rivierei (Durieu ex Carrière) Baill. Dict. Bot. 1(5): t. s.n. (1877).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Amorphophallus konjac K.Koch	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amorphophallus konjac Koch	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Amorphophallus mairei Levl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amorphophallus riveri	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Amorphophallus rivieri	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Amorphophallus rivieri Durieu	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amorphophallus rivieri Durieu ex Carriere	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Anorphophallus konjac K. Koch	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Hydrosme rivieri Engler	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

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