2025, Vol. 13, Issue 5, Part D

author(s)
Prameela Rapaka

abstract
Aroids belong to the family Araceae. Aroids are attractive but perilous, edible but itchy some, highly nutritive but loathsome. Aroids are included with amazing Alocasia and Aglaonema, colourful Caladium, dumbcane Diffenbachia, culinary Colocasia (edible eddoes and itchy Taro), elephant foot yam Amorphophallus, wonderful water cabbage, spiny Lasia, lucky plant Pothos, evergreen Epipremnum, splendid Syngonium, typical Typhonium and giant Xanthosoma. Most aroids are important for food and fascination. Aroids play significant role in horticulture because of their foliage attraction; they are feast for the eyes. No need to gloom for bloom, bloom may fall by evening but foliage attraction ever fades. Besides beauty they play key role in food technology as vegetables and flour, fodder, fish feed, as they possess nutritive values and medicinal properties. Araceae is the most complicated family among monocots because it has enormous diversity in habit, habitat, leaves and flowers.