• Family : CANNACEAE
  (Canna Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SARVAJJAYA FAMILY (सर्वज्जय फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CANNACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Canna indica L.
• Common name : Indian Shot, Indian Bread-Shot, Canna, Poloke
• Vernacular name : Sabbajaya, Sarvajjaya (Hindi); Bale sugandhi, Kabale, Samudra bale (Kannada); Kalvazhai (Tamil); Kamakshee, Sarvajaya (Oria); Dev-kel, Kardai (Marathi); Canna, Chakkarachembu, Kandamani-valai, Vazhachedi (Malayalam); Krishna tamara (Telugu)
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Often on hills in plantations, near habitations and cultivated in the gardens
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Cultivated
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Malacca, Malaysia, Nepal
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Canna indica. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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