Plant names of Amorphophallus konjac (J incarnation) and Amorphophallus konjac (Tathagata). Araceae Amorphophallus konjac is a perennial herb. Originated in China. There are bulbs in the ground, and the stems on the ground are sixty or seventy centimeters long. The leaves are palmately compound, and the leaflets are mostly pinnately divided. In summer, flowers are born from old stems and are purple-brown; Spikelets, giant Buddha buds, are shaped like Tiger Claw and Pinellia, and the upper part of floral axis is huge as a pole. Bulbs can be used for food, starch and paste, and can also be made into diuretics and laxatives. Konjac A general term for paste and grass.