Araceae
Arum lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Zantedeschia
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Common names
By language (34)
- Afrikaans
- Varkblom, Wit varkoor
- Asturian
- Llinguarina
- Basque
- Kala
- Bulgarian
- Калия
- Burmese
- လက်ထပ်ပန်း
- Cantonese
- 馬蹄蘭
- Chinese
- 海芋, 馬蹄蓮, 马蹄莲, 慈姑花, 馬蹄蘭
- Croatian
- Sobna kala
- Czech
- Kornoutice africká, Kornoutovka africká
- Dutch
- Witte aronskelk
- English
- Arum lily, White or common arum lily, Common arum lily, White arum lily
- Estonian
- Harilik kalla
- Finnish
- Valkohuonevehka, Valkokalla
- French
- Arum d’Éthiopie, Calla, Richarde
- hsb
- Aronowa lilija
- Hungarian
- Fehér tölcsérvirág, Fehér kála
- Igbo
- Arum lily, Common arum lily, White arum lily
- Indonesian
- Kala lili
- Lithuanian
- Abisininė kalija
- Malayalam
- സാന്തെഡെഷിയ എത്യോപിക്ക
- mwl
- Jarro
- nah
- Canāuhxōchitl, Canauhxochitl
- Persian
- گل شیپوری اتیوپیایی
- Polish
- Cantedeskia etiopska, Bielikrasa etiopska, Cantodeskia etiopska, Kallijka etiopska
- Portuguese
- Copo-de-leite, Jarro, Boca de jarro, Copo de leite
- Russian
- Зантедеския эфиопская, Калла эфиопская
- shn
- မွၵ်ႇလၢဝ်ၽူင်ႉ
- Slovak
- Kornútovka africká
- Spanish
- Aro de Etiopia, Aro de Etiopía, Cala de Etiopia, Cala de Etiopía, Cartucho, Lirio de Etiopia, Lirio de Etiopía
- Uzbek
- Kalla
- Vietnamese
- Loa kèn sông Nin
- Welsh
- Lili`r pasg, Lili‘r Pasg
- Xhosa
- Intebe
- Zulu
- Ihlukwe
Synonyms
- Arodes aethiopica (L.) Kuntze
- Calla aethiopica L.
- Calla aethiopica var. nana Hovey
- Calla ambigua Salisb.
- Calla moschata Moench
- Colocasia aethiopica (L.) Link
- Otosma aethiopica (L.) Raf.
- Otosma ethiopica Raf.
- Pseudohomalomena pastoensis A.D.Hawkes
- Richardia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
- Richardia africana Kunth
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 2,057 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Siphiwe Bright Zengele, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JonRichfield, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.