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

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