Konjac Slice: 1.Konjac,alsoknownaskonjak,konjaku,devil'stongue,voodoolily,snakepalm,orelephantyam (thoughthisnameisalsousedforA.paeoniifolius),isaplantofthegenusAmorphophallus. ItisnativetowarmsubtropicaltotropicaleasternAsia,fromJapanandChinasouthtoIndonesia. Itisaperennialplant,growingfromalargecormupto25cmindiameter. 2.KonjacisgrowninIndia,China,JapanandKoreaforitslargestarchycorms,usedtocreateaflour andjellyofthesamename.Itisalsousedasavegansubstituteforgelatin. 3.KonjacisconsumedinpartsofChina'sSichuanprovince;thecormiscalledmoyuorDevil'sTaro, andthejellyiscalledmoyudoufuorxuemoyu. Thedriedcormofthekonjacplantcontainsaround40%glucomannangum. Thispolysaccharidemakeskonjacjellyhighlyviscous. Konjachasalmostnocaloriesbutisveryhighinfiber.Thus,itisoftenusedasadietfood. Fruitjelly KonjaccanalsobemadeintoapopularAsianfruitjellysnack,knownintheU.S.askonjaccandy, usuallyservedinbite-sizedplasticcups.