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Canna indica L.

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Canna indica L.
Canna indica L.
Canna indica L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCanna achiras Gillies ex D.Don
synonymCanna altensteinii Bouché
synonymCanna amabilis T.Koyama & Nob.Tanaka
synonymCanna ascendens Ciciar.
synonymCanna atronigricans André
synonymCanna aurantiaca Roscoe
synonymCanna aurantiaca splendida Année ex André
synonymCanna aureovittata G.Lodd.
synonymCanna barbadica Bouché, nom. nud.
synonymCanna bidentata Bertol.
synonymCanna bifida Roem. & Schult.
synonymCanna brasiliensis Roscoe ex Spreng.
synonymCanna caledonis-peltata Chaté
synonymCanna carnea Roscoe
synonymCanna cearensis Huber
synonymCanna chinensis Willd., nom. superfl.
synonymCanna cinnabarina Bouché
synonymCanna coccinea f. flaviflora Chodat & Hassl.
synonymCanna coccinea Mill.
synonymCanna coccinea var. bicolor Kraenzl.
synonymCanna coccinea var. concolor Regel
synonymCanna coccinea var. floribunda (Bouché) Regel
synonymCanna coccinea var. limbata Regel
synonymCanna commutata Bouché
synonymCanna compacta Roscoe
synonymCanna concinna Bouché
synonymCanna crocea Roem. & Schult.
synonymCanna densifolia Bouché
synonymCanna denudata var. grandis Petersen
synonymCanna discolor Lindl.
synonymCanna discolor var. rubripunctata Nob.Tanaka
synonymCanna discolor var. viridifolia Nob.Tanaka
synonymCanna edulis Ker Gawl.
synonymCanna ehrenbergii Bouché
synonymCanna elegans Raf., nom. superfl.
synonymCanna ellipticifolia Stokes, nom. superfl.
synonymCanna ellipticifolia var. coccinea (Mill.) Stokes
synonymCanna ellipticifolia var. lutea (Mill.) Stokes
synonymCanna ellipticifolia var. patens (Aiton) Stokes
synonymCanna ellipticifolia var. rubra Stokes
synonymCanna esculenta Loudon, nom. inval.
synonymCanna exigua Bouché
synonymCanna eximia Bouché ex Horan.
synonymCanna expansa Année ex André
synonymCanna flavescens Link
synonymCanna floribunda Bouché
synonymCanna formosa Bouché
synonymCanna fuchsina Ciciar.
synonymCanna fulgida Bouché
synonymCanna gaboniensis Chaté
synonymCanna heliconiifolia Bouché
synonymCanna heliconiifolia var. xalapensis (Bouché) Kraenzl.
synonymCanna houlletii André
synonymCanna humilis Bouché
synonymCanna indica f. rubroaurantiaca Makino
synonymCanna indica subsp. orientalis Baker
synonymCanna indica var. coccinea (Mill.) Aiton
synonymCanna indica var. edwardsii Regel
synonymCanna indica var. flava (Roscoe) Baker
synonymCanna indica var. karsteniana Regel
synonymCanna indica var. limbata (Regel) Petersen
synonymCanna indica var. lutea (Mill.) Aiton
synonymCanna indica var. maculata Hook.
synonymCanna indica var. nepalensis (Bouché) Baker
synonymCanna indica var. patens Aiton
synonymCanna indica var. rubra Aiton
synonymCanna indica var. sanctae-rosae (Kraenzl.) Nob.Tanaka
synonymCanna indica var. saturaterubra Regel
synonymCanna indica var. speciosa Baker, nom. superfl.
synonymCanna indica var. variegata Regel
synonymCanna indica var. warszewiczii Nob.Tanaka
synonymCanna juncea Retz.
synonymCanna laeta Bouché
synonymCanna lagunensis Lindl.
synonymCanna lambertii Lindl. ex Ker Gawl.
synonymCanna lanuginosa Roscoe
synonymCanna lavallei André
synonymCanna leptochila Bouché
synonymCanna liervalii André
synonymCanna limbata Roscoe, nom. superfl.
synonymCanna limbata var. hybrida Année ex André
synonymCanna lutea Larrañaga, nom. illeg.
synonymCanna lutea var. aurantiaca (Roscoe) Regel
synonymCanna lutea var. genuina Kraenzl., nom. inval.
synonymCanna lutea var. maculata (Hook.) Regel
synonymCanna lutea var. pallida (Roscoe) Regel
synonymCanna macrophylla Horan.
synonymCanna maculata (Hook.) Link
synonymCanna maxima Lodd. ex Roscoe, nom. inval.
synonymCanna montana Blume
synonymCanna moritziana Bouché
synonymCanna musifolia Année ex Chaté
synonymCanna musifolia sanguinea Hend. & Andr.Hend.
synonymCanna musifolia-edulis André
synonymCanna musifolia-hybrida Année ex André
synonymCanna nepalensis Bouché
synonymCanna occidentalis Ker Gawl.
synonymCanna orientalis Bouché, nom. illeg.
synonymCanna orientalis var. flava Roscoe
synonymCanna orientalis var. flavescens (Link) Baker, nom. superfl.
synonymCanna pallida Roscoe
synonymCanna pallida var. maculata (Hook.) Roscoe
synonymCanna patens (Aiton) Roscoe
synonymCanna patens var. limbata (Regel) Baker
synonymCanna pentaphylla D.Dietr., orth. var.
synonymCanna peruviana Année ex André
synonymCanna peruviana-purpurea Année ex Chaté
synonymCanna peruviana-robusta Année ex Chaté
synonymCanna peruviana-spectabilis Année ex Chaté
synonymCanna platyphylla Nees & Mart.
synonymCanna plurituberosa T.Koyama & Nob.Tanaka
synonymCanna poeppigii Bouché
synonymCanna polyclada Wawra
synonymCanna polymorpha Bouché
synonymCanna porteana André
synonymCanna portoricensis Bouché
synonymCanna pruinosa Hoffmanns.
synonymCanna pulchra Bouché ex Horan.
synonymCanna purpurea-spectabilis Rob.
synonymCanna recurvata Bouché
synonymCanna robusta Année ex André
synonymCanna roscoeana Bouché, nom. superfl.
synonymCanna rotundifolia André
synonymCanna rubra Willd., nom. superfl.
synonymCanna rubricaulis Link
synonymCanna sanctae-rosae Kraenzl.
synonymCanna sanguinea Bouché, pro syn.
synonymCanna saturate-rubra Bouché ex K.Koch
synonymCanna schubertii Horan.
synonymCanna seleriana Kraenzl.
synonymCanna sellowii Bouché
synonymCanna speciosa Hegetschw, nom. superfl.
synonymCanna spectabilis Bouché
synonymCanna sulphurea Bouché, pro syn.
synonymCanna surinamensis Bouché
synonymCanna tenuiflora Bouché ex A.Dietr.
synonymCanna texensis Regel
synonymCanna textoria Noronha, nom. nud.
synonymCanna thyrsiflora Hegetschw., nom. superfl.
synonymCanna tinei Tod., nom. subnud.
synonymCanna van-houttei Lierv. ex André
synonymCanna variabilis Willd., nom. superfl.
synonymCanna variegata Besser
synonymCanna variegatifolia Ciciar.
synonymCanna ventricosa Bouché
synonymCanna warszewiczii A.Dietr., nom. superfl.
synonymCanna warszewiczii var. flameus Ram.Goyena
synonymCanna xalapensis Bouché
synonymCanna zebrina Année ex André
synonymCanna zebrina nana André
synonymCannacorus indicus (L.) Medik.
synonymCannacorus ovatus Moench, nom. superfl.
synonymDistemon brasiliensis (Roscoe ex Spreng.) Bouché
synonymDistemon grandis Horan., nom. superfl.
synonymXyphostylis lutea (Mill.) Raf.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Parijat/ Sarbojaya/ Kolaboti
Bengali
  • Sarbajaya
English
  • Canna Lily
  • Indian Shot
Hindi
  • सर्वज्जय Sarvajjaya
Irula
  • Cheeni vazhai
Kannada
  • Kalahu
Konkani
  • केंळें फुल Kele Phool
Manipuri
  • Laphoorit
Marathi
  • कर्दळ Kardal
Other
  • Bandera
  • Canna
  • Chancle
  • Coyol
  • Indian Shot
  • Kardali
  • Platanillo
  • Saka Siri
  • Wild Canna
Tamil
  • Kalvazhai
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Herb
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit: A medium-sized, rhizomatous herb, upto 1m.
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      📚 Natural History
      Morphology

      Growth Form

      Shrub
      Shrub
      Flower

      In terminal panicles; yellow, orange to red, very showy. Flowering throughout the year.

      Fruit

      A capsule, warty; seeds many, globose. Fruiting throughout the year.

      Field tips

      Leaves look like banana leaves, pinnately nerved.

      Leaf Arrangement

      Alternate

      Leaf Type

      Simple

      Leaf Shape

      Ovate-elliptic or oblong

      Leaf Apex

      Acuminate

      Leaf Base

      Tapering

      Leaf Margin

      Entire

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        📚 Habitat and Distribution
        General Habitat
        Wet areas, marshes,lake margins
        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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          Description
          Planted in the garden and homesteads, ofen found along roads as an escape. Common. India, Sri Lanka and Malesia.
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            Global Distribution

            India : Assam, Gujarat; America

            Indian Distribution

            Barak Valley

            Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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              📚 Occurrence
              No Data
              📚 Uses and Management
              Uses

              System of Medicines Used In

              Ayurveda
              Ayurveda
              Folk medicine
              Folk medicine
              Siddha
              Siddha
              Traditional chinese medicine
              Traditional chinese medicine
              Planted in the garden for its showy flower.
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                System Of Medicines Used In

                Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine

                FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=422
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                  📚 Information Listing
                  References
                  1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=422
                  Information Listing > References
                  1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=422

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                  📚 Meta data
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                  🐾 Taxonomy
                  RootRoot
                  KingdomPlantae
                  PhylumTracheophyta
                  ClassLiliopsida
                  OrderZingiberales
                  FamilyCannaceae
                  GenusCanna
                  SpeciesCanna indica L.
                  📊 Temporal Distribution
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