魔芋是天南星科多年生草本植物。湖北省海拔400—1200米的山区均有栽培。我国种植魔芋已有一千多年的历史,但多为零星种植,面积很小,生产水平亦长期处在“自生自长,挖大留小,随种随收”的水平上,人们对它了解很少。近年来,由于对其经济价值认识的加深和外销量猛增,四川、湖北、湖南等省冷凉山区都掀起了栽培魔芋的热潮。实践证明,种植和加工魔芋是加快山区经济发展的有效途径。 Konjac is Araceae perennial herb. Hubei Province, 400-1200 meters above sea level are cultivated in the mountains. It has a history of more than a thousand years of planting konjac in our country, but it is mostly sporadic planting with a small area. Its production level is also long-standing at the level of " Little to know. In recent years, due to the deepening of their understanding of economic value and the surge in sales volume, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan and other provinces cool mountainous areas have set off a boom cultivation of konjac. Practice has proved that planting and processing konjac is to speed up the economic development in mountain areas an effective way.