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Cannaceae

Indian shot

Canna indica L.

Family
Cannaceae
Genus
Canna

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Indian shot: Common name in en: Canna or Canna Lily, hn: Keli, bpy: Laphoorit, bn: Kalaboti or Kalabati. Botanical name: Canna spp. Family: Cannaceae (canna family). Photogr
Photo: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (45)
Afrikaans
Tuinkanna, Indiese kanna
Arabic
قنا هندي, شجر ارروت, مارزوان, قنا متراص
Armenian
Կաննա հնդկական
arz
قنا هندى
Bangla
কলাবতী, সর্বজয়া
Belarusian
Канна індыйская
Burmese
ဗုဒ္ဓသရဏပင်
Catalan
Canya d'Índia
Chinese
美人蕉, 姜芋, 紫叶美人蕉, 蕉芋, 白花曇花, 白蓮蕉花, 紅花美人蕉, 紫葉美人蕉
Croatian
Narančasti kok
Czech
Dosna indická
English
Indian shot, Garden canna, Wild canna
Finnish
Intiankanna
French
Balisier, Balisier comestible, Balisier d'Inde, Balisier rouge, Balisier à chapelet, Canna, Canna d'Inde, Conflore
German
Indisches Blumenrohr, Achira, Australische Pfeilwurz
gor
Bunga Tatudi
Hindi
कर्दळ
hsb
Indiska bahorka, Zbóžnikowe sylzy
Hungarian
Rózsanád
Indonesian
Ganyong
Japanese
ダンドク
Javanese
Ganyong
Lithuanian
Indinė kana
Malagasy
Ambaradeda, Tsipikopiko, Varandenda
Malay
Bunga tasbih
Malayalam
തോട്ടവാഴ
Marathi
कर्दळ
pam
Kanas
Persian
اختر, اختر رنگرفته
Polish
Paciorecznik indyjski
Portuguese
Cana-da-Índia
Quechua
Achira
Russian
Канна индийская, Канна индейская
shn
တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇၵုင်ႇတေႃႇ, မွၵ်ၵုင်ႇတေႃႇ, မၢၵ်ႇၵုင်ႇတေႃႇ, မၢၵ်ႇၸၢင်ႉတေႃႇ
Sindhi
عقيق
Sinhala
බුත්සරණ
Slovak
Kana indická
Spanish
Achuru, Achurú, Caña de India, Chisgua, Cucuyus, Cucuyús, Imbiry, Juquian
Sundanese
Ganyong
Swedish
Röd arrowrot
tcy
ಬಾರೆ ಪೂ
Thai
พุทธรักษากินหัว
Tongan
Misimisi, Iris sp., Maranta arundinacea
ty
Re’a pua’aniho
Zulu
UDumbedumbe

Synonyms

  • Canna achiras Gillies ex D.Don
  • Canna achiras Gill.
  • Canna altensteinii Bouché
  • Canna amabilis T.Koyama & Nob.Tanaka
  • Canna ascendens Ciciar.
  • Canna atronigricans André
  • Canna aurantiaca Roscoe
  • Canna aurantiaca unranked splendida Année ex André
  • Canna aureovittata G.Lodd.
  • Canna barbadica Bouché
  • Canna bidentata Bertol.
  • Canna bifida Roem. & Schult.
  • Canna bihorellii G.Nicholson
  • Canna brasiliensis Roscoe ex Spreng.
  • Canna caledonispeltata Chaté
  • Canna carnea Roscoe
  • Canna cearensis Huber
  • Canna chinensis Willd.
  • Canna cinnabarina Bouché
  • Canna coccinea Mill.
  • Canna coccinea f. flaviflora Chodat & Hassl.
  • Canna coccinea var. bicolor Kraenzl.
  • Canna coccinea var. concolor Regel
  • Canna coccinea var. floribunda (Bouché) Regel
  • Canna coccinea var. limbata Regel
  • Canna commutata Bouché
  • Canna compacta Roscoe
  • Canna concinna Bouché
  • Canna crocea Roem. & Schult.
  • Canna crocea Lag. ex Rchb.
  • Canna densiflora Bouché
  • Canna densifolia Bouché
  • Canna denudata var. grandis Petersen
  • Canna discolor Lindl.
  • Canna discolor var. rubripunctata Nob.Tanaka
  • Canna discolor var. viridifolia Nob.Tanaka
  • Canna edulis Ker Gawl.
  • Canna ehrenbergii Bouché
  • Canna elegans Raf.
  • Canna ellipticifolia Stokes

and 137 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.