Edible Aroids
(sorted by cuisine)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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| Nationality | Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Barbados, West Indies | Slippery dips | Colocasia e. antiquorum |
| Brazil | Cara | Colocasia esculenta |
| Inhame | Colocasia esculenta | |
| Inhame roxo | Xanthosoma violaceum | |
| Mangarito | Xanthosoma maffaffa | |
| Taioba | Xanthosoma sagittifolia leaves | |
| Taioba roxo | Xanthosoma violaceum | |
| Caribbean Islands (English Speaking) | Calaloo bush | Colocasia esculenta leaves |
| Dasheen | Colocasia esculenta | |
| Eddoes | Colocasia e. antiquorum | |
| Tanier | Xanthosoma sagittifolia | |
| Tannia | Xanthosoma sagittifolia | |
| Cuba | Malanga blanca | Xanthosoma sagittifolia |
| Malanga cabeza | Colocasia esculenta | |
| Malanga islena | Colocasia esculenta | |
| Malanga lila | Xanthosoma violaceum | |
| Cuba and parts of Spanish Caribbean | Malanga amarilla | Xanthosoma atrovirens |
| Ecuador, Columbia | Camacho | Colocasia esculenta |
| Ecuador, possibly Columbia | Papa China | Colocasia e. antiquorum |
| Florida & some other states | Taro Root | Colocasia e. antiquorum |
| Hawaii | Taro | Colocasia esculenta |
| Hawaii (perhaps Tonga & Samoa) | Ape (Ah-pay) | Xanthosoma sagittifolia |
| India | Arvi | Colocasia esculenta |
| India (found canned in West Palm Beach Indian grocer) | Arvi | Colocasia e. antiquorum |
| Suran | Amorphophallus paeoniifolius | |
| Jamaica | Red coco | Xanthosoma violaceum |
| Nigeria | Anyamanya cocoyam | Colocasia esculenta |
| Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic | Yautia amarilla | Xanthosoma atrovirens |
| Yautia blanca | Xanthosoma sagittifolia | |
| Yautia lila | Xanthosoma violaceum | |
| S.E. Asia | Keladi | Colocasia esculenta |
| Talas | Colocasia esculenta | |
| West Africa | New cocoyams | Xanthosoma sagittifolia |
| Old Cocoyam | Colocasia e. antiquorum | |
| Old Cocoyam | Colocasia esculenta |