Canna indica L.

 
  • Family : CANNACEAE
    (CANNA FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Cannaceae
  • Species : Canna indica
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Canna indica L.
  • Common name : Indian Shot, Indian Bread-Shot
  • Vernacular name : Sabbajaya, Sarvajjaya (Hin.); Bale sugandhi, Kabale, Samudra bale (Kan.); Kalvazhai (Tam.); Krishna tamara (Tel.); Kamakshee, Sarvajaya (Ori.)
  • Key identification features : A large herb with an underground spreading stem. Leaves are alternate, large, plantain leaf-like, elliptic with a sheath clasping the stem. Flowers are attractive on an erect terminal inflorescence. Fruit is 3 lobed, warty and dehiscent.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
  • Comments : Often on hills by plantations, near habitations and cultivated in household or in gardens.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalaya, Malacca, Malaysia, Nepal; Cultivated elsewhere
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol.; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Canna indica. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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