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Read about Amorphophallus konjac in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Amorphophallus rivieri, Dur. Devil's Tongue. Snake Palm. Fig. 190. Scape (sent up in early spring) preceding the Lvs., 3-4 ft., dark-colored and speckled with light red: If. often 4 ft. across, pedately decompound, the petiole mottled, standing on a stalk like an umbrella: spathe rosy, calla-like, with a long-projecting and slender, dark red, slightly curved spadix, the whole "flower" often measuring 3 ft. long. Cochin China. R.H.1871, p. 573. Gn. M. 5:232. G.W. 14, p. 173. V. 7:116.—The best- known species in American gardens. Has a strong and disagreeable odor.


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