Araceae
Devil's tongue
Amorphophallus konjac
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Amorphophallus
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Common names
By language (34)
- Arabic
- كونجاك
- arz
- كونجاك
- ban
- Konnyaku, Konjak, Suweg Jepang
- blk
- ဗုက်ꩻဒီႏ၊ ဗုက်ꩻမွူး
- Burmese
- ဝဥပင်
- Cantonese
- 魔芋
- Catalan
- Konjac, Konjak, Konnyaku
- Chinese
- 蒟蒻, 魔芋, 东川磨芋, 砂仁壳, 磨芋, 磨芋、花魔芋, 花蘑芋, 花蘑芋（魔芋）
- Czech
- Zmijovec indický
- Dutch
- Konjak
- English
- Devil's tongue, Elephant yam, Konjac, Konjak, Konjaku, Konnyaku, Konnyaku potato, Snake palm
- Estonian
- Rivière'i titaanjuur
- Finnish
- Konjak
- German
- Teufelszunge
- Hebrew
- קונג'אק
- Hungarian
- Leopárdkontyvirág
- Indonesian
- Konnyaku
- Japanese
- コンニャク, こんにゃく, こんにゃく芋, コンニャクイモ, 菎蒻, 蒟蒻, 蒟蒻芋
- Javanese
- Konnyaku
- Korean
- 곤약, 구약나물
- lah
- کلیجی جیب
- lfn
- Coniac
- Lithuanian
- Leopardinis amorfofalas
- lzh
- 蒟蒻
- Macedonian
- Коњак
- Malay
- Konjak, Ubi konjak, Ubi konnyaku
- Persian
- کوننیاکو
- Polish
- Dziwidło Riviera
- Portuguese
- Kon'nyaku
- Romanian
- Konjak
- Russian
- Аморфофаллус коньяк
- Slovenian
- Hudičev jezik, Konjak
- Swedish
- Konjakknölkalla, Konjak-knölkalla, Konjaku
- Thai
- คนเนียกุ
Synonyms
- Amorphophallus mairei H.Lév.
- Amorphophallus nanus H.Li & C.L.Long
- Amorphophallus palmiformis Durieu ex Rivière
- Amorphophallus rivierei Durieu ex Carrière
- Amorphophallus rivierei var. konjac (K.Koch) Engl.
- Brachyspatha konjac (K.Koch) K.Koch
- Conophallus konjak Schott
- Conophallus konniaku Schott ex Fesca
- Hydrosme rivierei (Durieu ex Carrière) Engl.
- Proteinophallus rivierei (Durieu ex Carrière) Hook.f.
- Tapeinophallus rivierei (Durieu ex Carrière) Baill.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 43 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sebastian Stabinger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sebastian Stabinger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sebastian Stabinger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sebastian Stabinger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sebastian Stabinger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sebastian Stabinger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sebastian Stabinger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paethon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.