Phakhaolao Species Database

Serial no: 56

Status: Basic

Last update: 2024-10-26

ຫົວກະບຸກ
Elephant Foot Yam
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson

Plants

Herbaceous plants

Vegetables and herbs

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Local name:

ລາວ: ຫົວດຸກເດືອ, ອິລອກໃຫຍ່. ໄທ: ບຸກ, ບຸກຄ້າງໂຄກ, ມັນ ຊຸຣັນ, ເບຍ, ບົວບຸກ, ບຸກ ຄຸງໂຄກ, ບຸກນ້ຳ, ບຸກຫຼວງ, ກຣະບຸກ, ບັກກະເດືອ. ກໍາປູເຈຍ: ຕວນ. ຫວຽດນາມ: ຄວຍເນື໊ອ, ເນື໊ອ ຈູ ອົງ. ອັງກິດ:elephant foot yam, telinga potato, whitespot giant arum, stink lily, Stanley’s water-tub, konyaki tuber. ( Local names: houa douk deua, ilok nyai Thai: buk, buk khangkhok, man suran, bia, beau, hua buk, buk khung khok, buk nam, buk luang, krabuk, bakkadeu Cambodian: toal Vietnamese: khoai nuea, neua chu-oong English: elephant foot yam, telinga potato, whitespot giant arum, stink lily, Stanley’s water-tub, konyaki tuber)

Synonyms :

Amorphophallus campanulatus Decne.
Amorphophallus campanulatus var. blumei Prain
Amorphophallus campanulatus f. darnleyensis F.M.Bailey

Family:

Araceae

Close relatives:

Description:

Ecology

Global distribution:

N/A

Distribution in Laos :

Vientiane Plain
Northern Mekong Corridor
Southern Mekong Corridor

Landscape units :

Endemism in Laos:

N/A

Invasiveness :

N/A

IUCN status :

Least concern

Lao official status :

N/A

Use

Use types:

Food
Medicine

Comments on use types:

Edible starch is obtained from the large tubers (houa), which look like an elephant’s foot. In Japan this is used as a diet food. The large round bulb-like stem base of ka buk is boiled and fed to pigs, but people can also eat it. An edible species of dung beetle often lives in the large flowers. Seeds and tubers are used as a medicine to lower cholesterol, treat coughs, malaria and liver diseases, and to extract poisons from the body. The ripe fruit is eaten by birds. Many varieties of houa ka buk are known and used in Asia. Houa phouk, another Amorphophallus, is used for treating malaria.

Domestication:

N/A

Seasonal availability:

Management:

N/A

Value chains:

N/A

Nutrition

Nutritional values:

Comments on nutritional values:

N/A

Nutrient	/100g	Remark
Proteins	N/A	N/A
Carbohydrates	N/A	N/A
Fats	N/A	N/A
Vitamins	N/A	N/A
Minerals	N/A	N/A
Fibers	N/A	N/A

References

Photo credits:

References:

NUoL; NAFRI; SNV. 2007. Non-timber forest products in the Lao PDR: a manual of 100 commercial and traditional produce.
National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute.
Romand-Monnier, F. 2013. Amorphophallus paeoniifolius. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T44393336A44531586. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T44393336A44531586.en. Downloaded on 19 December 2018.
Nedunchezhiyan, M.; Misra, R. S. 2008. Amorphophallus tubers invaded by Cynodon dactylon. Aroideana. International Aroid Society. 31 (1): 129–13.
Nicolson, Dan Henry. 1977. Nomina conservanda proposita - Amorphophallus (Proposal to change the typification of 723 Amorphophallus, nom. cons. (Araceae)). Taxon. 26: 337–338.

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ຫົວກະບຸກ Elephant Foot Yam Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson