Species
Indian shot
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderZingiberales
- FamilyCannaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica
Observations25,652
La canna d'India (Canna indica L., 1753, è una pianta perenne appartenente alla famiglia della Cannaceae, diffusa nell'ecozona neotropicale. Nelle terre dì origine è conosciuta con i nomi di achira, achera, sagú, capacho, biri, cucuyús, juquián o papantla.
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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.
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