Edible Aroids
(sorted by common name)The following food items found in ethnic grocery stores (and some supermarkets) are aroids. These sell for far less than the mail order and garden center tubers. With the help of members of the Aroid listserver (especially Julius Boos), the plant names are now being compiled. If you have any additions or corrections, please contact me by clicking here (if your email server is so configured) or type in my email address (lkallus@earthlink.net).
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| Common Name | Scientific Name | Nationality |
| Ape (Ah-pay) | Xanthosoma sagittifolia | Hawaii (perhaps Tonga & Samoa) |
| Anyamanya cocoyam | Colocasia esculenta | Nigeria |
| Arvi | Colocasia esculenta | India |
| Colocasia e. antiquorum | Indian groceries in West Palm Beach, Florida | |
| Calaloo bush | Colocasia esculenta leaves | Caribbean Islands (English Speaking) |
| Camacho | Colocasia esculenta | Ecuador, Columbia |
| Cara | Colocosia esculenta | Brazil |
| Dasheen | Colocasia esculenta | Caribbean Islands (English speaking) |
| Eddoes | Colocasia e. antiquorum | Caribbean Islands (English speaking) |
| Inhame | Colocasia esculenta | Brazil |
| Inhame roxo | Xanthosoma violaceum | Brazil |
| Keladi | Colocasia esculenta | S.E. Asia |
| Malanga amarilla | Xanthosoma atrovirens | Cuba and parts of Spanish Caribbean |
| Malanga blanca | Xanthosoma sagittifolia | Cuba |
| Malanga cabeza | Colocasia esculenta | Cuba |
| Malanga islena | Colocasia esculenta | Cuba |
| Malanga lila | Xanthosoma violaceum | Cuba |
| Mangarito | Xanthosoma maffaffa | Brazil |
| New cocoyams | Xanthosoma sagittifolia | West Africa |
| Old Cocoyam | Colocasia esculenta | West Africa |
| Colocasia e. antiquorum | West Africa | |
| Papa China | Colocasia e. antiquorum | Ecuador, possibly Columbia |
| Red coco | Xanthosoma violaceum | Jamaica |
| Slippery dips | Colocasia e. antiquorum | Barbados, West Indies |
| Suran | Amorphophallus paeoniifolius | India (found canned in West Palm Beach Indian grocer) |
| Taioba | Xanthosoma sagittifolia leaves | Brazil |
| Taioba roxa | Xanthosoma violaceum | Brazil |
| Talas | Colocasia esculenta | S.E. Asia |
| Tanier | Xanthosoma sagittifolia | Caribbean Islands (English speaking) |
| Tannia | Xanthosoma sagittifolia | Caribbean Islands (English speaking) |
| Taro | Colocasia esculenta | Hawaii |
| Taro Root | Colocasia e. antiquorum | Florida & some other states |
| Yautia amarilla | Xanthosoma atrovirens | Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic |
| Yautia blanca | Xanthosoma sagittifolia | Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic |
| Yautia lila | Xanthosoma violaceum | Puerto Rico and the Dominical Republic |