Konjac (jǔ), jelly (ruò). Konjac, an Internet buzzword, which first meant the plant of the genus Konjac in the family Tennessee, commonly known as konjac. The word is homophonic giant weak, and popularized the network, meaning very weak, in the IT industry, the Internet community commonly used in self-deprecation.
Basic interpretation: that is, "konjac" jelly (ruò).
Detailed definition: konjac. Tang Duan Chengshi "Youyang miscellaneous chopping block - grass": "Konjac, the root is as big as a shot, to the fall leaves dripping dew, with the drop of seedlings." Ming Li Shizhen, "Compendium of Materia Medica - Grass VI - Konjac": "Konjac out of Shu, Shi Zhou also has, called for the ghost head, Minzhong people also planted. It is advisable to dig pits under the shade of trees to accumulate manure. Seedlings are born in the spring and moved in May. One or two feet long, similar to the southern star seedling, but with more spots, the root also produces its own seedlings." A combined name for Konjac and Jatropha.
Konjac, Tennessee family Konjac genus, perennial persistent tuberous herb. Native to India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula, southwest China, its cultivation has been many years of history, since ancient times is one of the Chinese ancient books of the herb. Distributed in Vietnam, the Himalayas to Thailand and mainland China, Gansu, Ningxia to Jiangnan provinces, Shaanxi and other places, growing at an altitude of 310 meters to 2,200 meters in the region, mostly growing in the forest edge, under the sparse forests and streams and valleys along the wetlands.