Araceae
204 edible species
Tropical family including arum lilies, philodendrons, and taro, a staple starch crop.
Crypt ciliata
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Root, Corm
Edible: Leaves - tea
Red veined leaf
Swamp taro
Edible: Corms, Root, Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Tuber, Root, Corm
Edible: Corm, Root
Motley-stalked dragon-plant
Edible: Tuber, Root, Corm
Edible: Tubers, Root
Stink Lily, Dragon Lily, Dragon arum
Edible: Root, Tuber, Corm
Edible: Leaves
Eminium, Friar's cowl
Edible: Root, Corm, Leaves
False Monsteriosa, Native Monstera
Edible: Leaf stalk starch, Fruit
Otome
Edible: Fruit
Edible: ?
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Vegetable
Edible: Petioles
Swamp arum
Edible: Leaves, Leaves - flavouring, Vegetable, Leaf stalk
Gibbous Duckweed, Swollen duckweed, Windbags, Duckweed
Edible: Leaves
Duckweed, Common duckweed
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Fruit ?
Chinchin banana
Edible: Fruit, Roots, Seeds
Edible: Fruit
Golden club
Edible: Root, Seeds, Flowers
White Arrow Arum
Edible: Fruit, Root
Green arrow arum
Edible: Flowers, Root, Seeds, Stems
Taruba, Caruba
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Leaves - flavouring
Red bristle philodendron
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Leaves
Ban xia
Edible: Root, Tuber, Caution
Water Lettuce, Nile cabbage
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Salt
Edible: Leaves - salt
Pothos, Candlestick vine
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Fruit, Shoots
Hitchhiker elephant ear
Edible: Leaves, Tubers, Root, Corms, Caution
Raphidophora, Needle berry
Edible: Medicine
Creeping philodendron, Dangling tapanawa
Edible: Stem
Akar asam tebing paya
Edible: Leaves
Khatimo
Edible: Fruit
Rhodospatha
Edible: Leaves
Mukunanch
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Corms, Roots
Voodoo lily
Edible: Tubers, Root, Leaves, Stem
Drop tongue
Edible: Leaves, Roots, Flowers, Fruit
Edible: Root, Rhizome
Edible: Corms, Root, Medicine
Edible: Roots, Corms
Peace lily
Edible: Leaves
Peace lily
Edible: Flowers, Fruit ?
Guisnay, Huisnay
Edible: Leaves, Flowers
Edible: Leaves
Great duckweed, Zi peng, Duckmeat
Edible: Leaves
Great Duckweed, Common duckmeat
Edible: Leaves
Barter's round arum
Edible: Leaves, Roots, Spathe, Flowers, Vegetable
Warnecke's ground arum
Edible: Roots, Corm, Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Corm, Root
Skunk cabbage, Swamp cabbage, Stinking poke
Edible: Leaves, Root, Rhizome, Caution
Edible: Leaves, Caution
Edible: Tubers, Root
Edible: Leaves
Arrowhead vine
Edible: Fruit, Caution
Edible: Fruit, Flowering shoot
Doinejna
Edible: Corm, Root
Edible: Leaves, Tubers
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Rhizome, Root, Corm
Fire Lily, Black Arum
Edible: Rhizome, Root
Black Arum lily
Edible: Root
Rantiri
Edible: Leaves, Bulb, Root
Edible: Bulbs, Leaves
Edible: Root, Tuber
Alamard
Edible: Roots, Corms
Three-lobed Typhonium
Edible: Leaves, Tubers, Root, Rhizome, Vegetable, Flower stalks, Leaf stalk
Giant aroid
Edible: Tubers, Root, Fruit - Seeds, Rhizome, Vegetable
Karabo, Picaton
Edible: Corm, Root
Least duckweed, Spotless Watermeal, Rootless duckweed
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves ?, Vegetable
Water-eggs
Edible: Plant, Leaves, Stem, Flowers
Edible: Leaves, Root, Corm
Tannia spinach
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
White fleshed malanga
Edible: Leaves, Corms, Root
Huitina, Uncucha
Edible: Leaves, Corms, Root
Mangarito
Edible: Corm, Root
Ape
Edible: Tubers, Root, Leaves
Chinese taro, Tannia, West Indian kale
Edible: Tubers, Root, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaf stalks, Stem
Edible: Root, Tuber
Taioba
Edible: Leaves, Root