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Canna indica

Plant photographs and field observations.

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Species notes

About Canna indica

Canna indica (also recorded as African arrowroot) is an accepted species in the family Cannaceae, within the order Zingiberales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, and Brazil Southeast. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.

Common name
African arrowroot
Family
Cannaceae
Order
Zingiberales
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy