Canna indica L.

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Borrowdale Common by bridge

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Alexandra Park, Harare

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Upper part of Hill Complex, Great Zimbabwe

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Churchill Avenue, opposite Falmouth Road, Harare

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Cork Road, Harare

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Synonyms:	Canna bidentata Bertol. Canna edulis Ker Gawl.
Common names:	Indian shot (English) Small-flowered canna (English)
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Status:	Introduced
Description:	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:	indica: of India
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Worldwide distribution:	Tropical America (believed by Linnaeus to be native in Asia and Africa as well as America)
Mozambique distribution:	Z,MS,GI
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Literature:	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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Flora of Rwanda: cultivated Canna indica
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Flora of Zambia: cultivated Canna indica
Flora of Zimbabwe: Canna indica
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Canna indica

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Canna indica
African Plant Database: Canna indica
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Canna indica
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Canna indica
JSTOR Plant Science: Canna indica
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Canna indica
Plants of the World Online: Canna indica
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Wikipedia: Canna indica