Aroids are a group of useful plants belonging to the plant family Araceae. Some aroid plants are highly useful as food plants. Some popular examples are taro or elephant's ear, yams, Amorphophallus or elephant foot yam, tannia or Xanthosoma spp., Lasia spp. or Kohila and Cyrtosperma spp. These aroids are mainly used as vegetables and fried snacks. In some countries, boiled edible aroids are also used as staple foods.
