Common name
English: Indian shot
German: Eßbares Blumenrohr, Indisches Blumenrohr
Mandarin: 美人蕉 (mei ren jiao)
Portuguese: Cana-daÍndia
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Zingiberales (26)
Family: Cannaceae (2)(family description)
Genus: Canna (2)
Epithet: indica L. (15)
Synonyms: Canna achiras Gillies ex D.Don, Canna cinnabarina Bouché, Canna coccinea P. Mill., Canna edulis Ker-Gawl.
coccinea => scarlet
edulis => edible
indica => from or referring in some way to India
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: red, orange, yellow
External links
Check for Canna indica at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [204] Canna indica - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [482] Canna indica - Plants For A Future database
Literature
- [35] Barthlott,W. (1998): Dumonts große Pflanzenenzyklopädie. Dumont Verlag, Köln, Germany.