| Canna indica |
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with Cinnamon-bellied flowerpiercer
in Antigua Guatemala |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Monocots |
| Clade: |
Commelinids |
| Order: |
Zingiberales |
| Family: |
Cannaceae |
| Genus: |
Canna |
| Species: |
C. indica |
| Binomial name |
Canna indica
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| Synonyms |
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- Canna annaei André.
- Canna aurantiaca Roscoe.
- Canna barbadica Bouché
- Canna bidentata Bertol.
- Canna carnea Roscoe
- Canna cearensis Huber.
- Canna chinensis Willd.
- Canna cinnabarina Bouché
- Canna coccinea var. bicolor Kraenzl.
- Canna commutata Bouché
- Canna compacta Bouché
- Canna concinna Bouché.
- Canna crocea Lag. ex Rchb.
- Canna crocea Roem. & Schult.
- Canna densifolia Bouché
- Canna edulis Ker Gawl.
- Canna ehrenbergii Bouché
- Canna ellipticifolia Stokes
- Canna esculenta Loudon
- Canna exigua Bouché
- Canna flavescens Link
- Canna floribunda Bouché
- Canna formosa Bouché
- Canna fulgida Bouché
- Canna glauca var. annaei Petersen.
- Canna heliconiifolia Bouché
- Canna heliconiifolia var. xalapensis (Horan.) Kraenzl.
- Canna juncea Retz.
- Canna laeta Bouché
- Canna lagunensis Lindl.
- Canna lambertii Lindl.
- Canna leptochila Bouché
- Canna lutea Mill.
- Canna lutea Larrañaga
- Canna lutea var. aurantiaca Regel
- Canna lutea var. genuina Kraenzl.
- Canna lutea var. maculata (Hook.) Petersen
- Canna lutea var. pallida Kraenzl.
- Canna maculata (Hook) Link.
- Canna maxima Lodd. ex Roscoe
- Canna moritziana Bouché
- Canna napalensis Wall. ex Bouché
- Canna nepalensis D.Dietr.
- Canna occidentalis Roscoe
- Canna orientalis Bouché
- Canna orientalis Roscoe
- Canna orientalis var. flava Roscoe
- Canna pallida Roscoe
- Canna pentaphylla D.Dietr.
- Canna plurituberosa T.Koyama & Nob.Tanaka
- Canna poeppigii Bouché
- Canna polyclada Wawra
- Canna polymorpha Lodd. ex Loudon
- Canna portoricensis Bouché
- Canna pulchra Hassk.
- Canna pulchra Bouché ex Horan.
- Canna rubra (Aiton) Willd.
- Canna rubricaulis Link
- Canna sanctae-rosae Kraenzl.
- Canna sanguinea Warsz. ex Otto & A.Dietr.
- Canna sanguinea Bouché
- Canna saturate-rubra Bouché ex K.Koch
- Canna seleriana Kraenzl.
- Canna sellowii Bouché
- Canna speciosa Hegetschw
- Canna speciosa Roscoe ex Sims
- Canna spectabilis Bouché
- Canna sulphurea Bouché
- Canna surinamensis Bouché
- Canna tenuiflora Bouché
- Canna textoria Noronha
- Canna thyrsiflora Hegetschw.
- Canna tinei Tod.
- Canna variabilis Willd.
- Canna variegata Besser
- Canna variegata Bouché
- Canna variegatifolia Ciciar.
- Canna ventricosa Bouché
- Canna warszewiczii var. flameus Ram. Goyena
- Canna xalapensis Horan.
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Canna indica, commonly known as Indian shot, African arrowroot, edible canna, purple arrowroot, Sierra Leone arrowroot, is a plant species in the family Cannaceae. It is native to the Americas and naturalized elsewhere. The edible rhizomes are a source of starch.