Elephant yam. A putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia grown for its edible tuber.

Synonyms in other languages

Bengali

• matey alu

English

• elephant (foot) yam

Gujarati

• kand
• suran

Hindi

• banda
• chikka
• chupri alu
• jam kandh
• jeemi kandh
• jimmikandh
• kham
• khamatu
• ratalu
• sinna valli kelangut
• sure kandha
• suvarnagodda
• zamin kandh
• zimi kandh

Kannada

• panjargaddai

Konkani

• suran
• सूर्नु (suurnu)

Latin names

• Amorphophallus campanulatus
• Amorphophallus paeoniifolius ((Dennst.) Nicolson)

Malayalam

• chena

Nepali

• tarul

Sinhala

• ජම් බෝල​ (java ala)
• රජ අල​ (raja ala)

Tamil

• senai kizhangu

Telugu

• kandha
• కంద గడ్డ (kandha gadda)

Countries

• India