Canna indica L.
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Borrowdale Common by bridge
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Borrowdale Common by bridge
Photo: Mark Hyde
Alexandra Park, Harare
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Upper part of Hill Complex, Great Zimbabwe
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Upper part of Hill Complex, Great Zimbabwe
Photo: Mark Hyde
Churchill Avenue, opposite Falmouth Road, Harare
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Churchill Avenue, opposite Falmouth Road, Harare
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Cork Road, Harare
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Synonyms:
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Canna bidentata Bertol. Canna edulis Ker Gawl.
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Common names:
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Indian shot (English)
Small-flowered canna (English)
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Frequency:
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Local (mostly seen in and around Harare) |
Status:
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Introduced |
Description:
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Herb, 1-2 m. Leaves 20-60 × 10-20 cm, ovate to elliptic, glabrous, petiolate. Raceme branches enclosed in sheaths. Each flower subtended by a × membranous bract. Sepals c. 1 cm, acute. Petals 3-4 cm, narrowly elliptic. Staminodes 2-3, 4-6 cm, brightly coloured. Flower colour red, sometimes with yellow markings. Capsule 3-5 × 2-3 cm broad, bluntly 3-angled, softly spiny. Seeds c.5 mm in diameter, spherical, hard, black. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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indica: of India |
Habitat:
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Persistent in disturbed ground and also in wet places such as by streams and in ditches. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Tropical America (believed by Linnaeus to be native in Asia and Africa as well as America) |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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N,W,C,E,S |
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Literature:
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Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 11. As Canna bidentata
Lock, J.M. & Diniz, M.A. (2010). Cannaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(4) Pages 140 - 142. (Includes a picture).
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 86.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Canna indica. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=116220, retrieved 8 December 2024
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