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===Food===
Devil's Tongue can be used in food. Tender leaves are dried and stored for future use. These dried leaves are known as Lot and are cooked as vegetable. Infl orescences (tender fl owering stalks) are cooked as vegetable<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Parts Used==
===Nutritional components===
Amorphophallus konjac contains the Following nutritional components like Terpenoids, glycosides and flavons<ref name="Nutritional componentsForest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
==Cultivation Details==
Plants can tolerate a minimum temperature of 15°c during the growing season, though the optimum range is 20 - 25°<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>. Devil's Tongue is available through May to July<ref name="How to plant/cultivateForest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
<ref name="Leaf">[https://web.archive.org/web/20131226161459/http://www.wildflowers-guide.com/39-agrimony.html Flowers Description]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Amorphophallus+konjac Cultivation Details]</ref>
<ref name="Nutritional componentsForest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of western ghat pdf Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No. Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS - ) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
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