魔芋作为烹饪、医药、食品加工的原料,用途极为广泛。特别是它独特的保健功能、菜肴风味更为海内外信服。但是,作为一种地区性的食品,加之产地所限,不少人对之缺乏了解,食之不得其法,甚至产生误解,则是不足为奇的。 魔芋(Amorpnop Uns riv-ieri[A·Koujac]),也称“蒟蒻”,天南星科。多年生草本,地下有扁球形块茎。先花后叶,掌状复叶,小叶作羽状分裂。夏季开花,花单性,淡黄色,着生在肉质的穗轴上,外包暗紫色漏斗状佛焰 Konjac cooking, medicine, food processing raw materials, a very wide range of uses. In particular, its unique health care functions, dishes, more convincing at home and abroad. However, it is not surprising that many people, as a kind of regional food and limited by the place of production, lack the understanding of what they can not eat or even misunderstand. Amorpnop Uns riv-ieri [A. Koujac], also known as “蒟 蒻”, Araceae. Herbs perennial, underground spherical oblate tubers. First flower after leaf, palmate compound leaves, leaflets for pinnately divided. Summer flowering, flowers unisexual, yellow, was born in the fleshy rachis, outsourcing of dark purple funnel-shaped Buddha flame