Edible Aroids!
We've kinda sorta been discussing this on another thread, so thought I would start this one to see if you guys have other suggestions.
First listed is Nationality, then Common Name, then Scientific Name, which I'm sure you would have known anyway.
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
If you are shopping in ethnic markets in different locations, you might come across these common name variations. If you think of anything else please add to the list. Just an attempt to make wintertime a little more interesting - can you tell, I'm bored? I had this all nice, indented, and formatted nicely, but it's not coming out that way. I hope you can read it okay.
Susan
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