Intiankanna – Canna indica

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Growing form

Robust herbaceous perennial, rhizomatous

Size

1-3 m

Stem

Fleshy, often tinged with purple

Leaf

Leaves consist of a stem-clasping sheath at the base and very large, spreading, leaf blade. Arranged spirally, blade narrowly ovate to narrowly elliptical with a point at the tip. Narrow at the base.

Flower

Red, yellow or occasionally red and yellow, showy. Singly or in pairs, arranged into larger branched clusters (with 6-20 flowers) at the tips of the flowering stems.

Fruit and seed

Oval or rounded papery capsules crowned by sepals. Verrucose to begin with. Numerous smooth, black, hard, relatively large, round or egg-shaped seeds.
Source: Pinkka e-learning: A Plants of Taita Hills - Exotic trees and shrubs CC BY 4.0

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Scientific name
Canna indica
Author
L.
Vernacular names
  • intiankanna (Finnish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.5009789
Taxon rank
Expert
DNA barcode sequences
Canna indica
45 public records
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants
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