Name: Konjac (蒟蒻) (jǔ ruò) Alias: 魔芋, 雷公枪, 蒻头, 蛇芋, 鬼芋 学名: Amorphophallus konjac Distribution: Native to India, Ceylon, Vietnam, mainland China, also found in the wild in Taiwan Classification: Amanita phalloides Species: large bulbous, small bulbous Species Styles: Plants about 40-70 centimeters in height, with a bulb under the ground, a plant with a single leaf, pinnately compound leaves, leaf stalks thick and long like stems, flowers purple-red, with a peculiar odor, rounded underground bulb, containing a lot of starch, boiled and cooled, the main food part. Leaves are pinnately compound, the petiole is thick and long like the stem, the flower is purple-red, with a strange odor, the underground bulb is round, which is the main part of the food, containing a lot of starch, and it will be a translucent food after it is boiled and cooled. Flowering: October to November is the full bloom period Management: Sex like high temperature, fertility temperature 25 ~ 30 degrees Reproduction: Reproduction can be planted by dividing plants, molecules ball or buds Usage: For edible vegetables, it is almost no calories, the Japanese people call it "gastrointestinal scavenger", as a natural high-fiber health food. Called "stomach soup scavenger", known as "heavenly medicine". Konjac has a high-quality dietary fiber, low-calorie, low-fat, low-protein and absorbent, expansion force, etc., not only is the human body health needs, on behalf of the world's new trends, the taste of a variety of functional food, light food, but also has the lowering of blood lipids, lowering of blood glucose, detoxification, swelling, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, phlegm, knotting, stasis, etc., on obesity, constipation, fullness, lungs, cold, high blood cholesterol, High blood pressure, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, diabetes and so on have better or special therapeutic effect, but also can prevent and control intestinal cancer, esophageal cancer, brain tumor. Konjac is also a modern industrial material. Has been widely used in chemical industry, paper, textile, petrochemical, aerospace and other fields, with "industrial monosodium glutamate" reputation. Konjac powder after chemical modification, expansion force is very strong, its viscosity exceeds the known plant glue, is a strong performance adhesive. In the construction industry can be used as decorative coatings; in the petroleum industry can be used as drilling slurry treatment agent and pressure fluid injection agent; in ecological agriculture can be made into biodegradable film; in the printing and dyeing industry can be used as a silk double-sided transparent paste and post-treatment of the softener. More Cantonese Learning Materials