Common names and Synonyms
Indian shot, African arrowroot, edible canna, purple arrowroot, Sierra Leone arrowroot, Κάννα ινδική.
Canna annaei, Canna aurantiaca, Canna barbadica, Canna bidentata, Canna carnea, Canna cearensis, Canna chinensis, Canna cinnabarina, Canna coccinea, Canna commutata, Canna compacta, Canna concinna, Canna crocea, Canna densifolia, Canna edulis, Canna ehrenbergii, Canna ellipticifolia, Canna esculenta, Canna exigua, Canna flavescens, Canna floribunda, Canna formosa, Canna fulgida, Canna glauca, Canna heliconiifolia, Canna juncea, Canna laeta, Canna lagunensis, Canna lambertii, Canna leptochila, Canna lutea, Canna maculata, Canna maxima, Canna moritziana, Canna nepalensis, Canna occidentalis, Canna orientalis, Canna pallida, Canna pentaphylla, Canna plurituberosa, Canna poeppigii, Canna polyclada, Canna polymorpha, Canna portoricensis, Canna pulchra, Canna rubra, Canna rubricaulis, Canna sanguinea, Canna seleriana, Canna sellowii, Canna speciosa, Canna spectabilis, Canna sulphurea, Canna surinamensis, Canna tenuiflora, Canna textoria, Canna thyrsiflora, Canna tinei, Canna variabilis, Canna variegata, Canna variegatifolia, Canna ventricosa, Canna warszewiczii, Canna xalapensis.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Zingiberales |
| Family | Cannaceae |
| Genus | Canna |
| Species | Canna indica |
