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