Marantaceae
Donax canniformis
- Family
- Marantaceae
- Genus
- Donax
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Common names
By language (10)
- ace
- Bili
- bjn
- Bamban
- Chinese
- 竹叶蕉, 蘭嶼竹芋
- Filipino
- Bamban
- Indonesian
- Bemban, Bamban
- Malay
- Bemban, Pokok Bemban
- mis
- Mundung
- Portuguese
- Donax
- Spanish
- Donax, Actoplanes, Ilythuria
- Sundanese
- Bangban
Synonyms
- Actoplanes canniformis (G.Forst.) K.Schum.
- Actoplanes grandis (Miq.) K.Schum.
- Actoplanes ridleyi K.Schum.
- Arundastrum canniforme (G.Forst.) Kuntze
- Arundastrum grande (Miq.) Kuntze
- Clinogyne canniformis (G.Forst.) K.Schum.
- Clinogyne dichotoma Salisb. ex Benth.
- Clinogyne grandis (Miq.) Benth. & Hook.f.
- Donax arundastrum Lour.
- Donax gracilis K.Schum.
- Donax grandis (Miq.) Ridl.
- Donax parviflora Ridl.
- Ilythuria canniformis Raf.
- Maranta arundastrum (Lour.) M.R.Almeida
- Maranta arundinacea Blanco
- Maranta dichotoma D.Dietr.
- Maranta grandis Miq.
- Maranta tonchat Blume
- Phrynium canniforme Körn.
- Phrynium canniforme (G.Forst.) Schrank
- Thalia canniformis G.Forst.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Greg III Espera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Akshay Surendra, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Thompson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Akshay Surendra, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: scallions, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.