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Canna indica was also part of this famine food. As a consequence, the plant became known as a food crop. Today, the rhizomes are processed to starch, vermicelli, white wine, and ethanol. Due to the use as a food crop and relatively low diseases and pests pressure, Canna indica has become a characteristic crop for large-scale cultivation in ...
The Canna Agriculture Group contains all of the varieties of Canna used in agriculture. Canna achira and Canna edulis (Latin: eatable) are generic terms used in South America to describe the cannas that have been selectively bred for agricultural purposes, normally derived from C. discolor . [ 1 ]
The name Canna originates from the Latin word for a cane or reed. [13] Canna indica, commonly called achira in Latin America, has been cultivated by Native Americans in tropical America for thousands of years, and was one of the earliest domesticated plants in the Americas. The starchy root is edible. [14]
The following list is based on the Taxonomic revision of the family Cannaceae in the New World and Asia, by Tanaka [4] and the proposal to conserve the name Canna tuerckheimii over C. latifolia.
Canna indica. The plant is propagated from rhizomes and cultivation takes place at elevations up to 300 metres on the eastern and windward facing side of the highlands of St. Vincent. Cultivation covers an area of about 3,700 ha and some 80% of the crop is grown by small farmers.
In 1843, William O’Shaughnessy, used "Indian hemp (C. indica)" in a work title. The author claimed that this choice wasn't based on a clear distinction between C. sativa and C. indica, but may have been influenced by the choice to use the term "Indian hemp" (linked to the plant's history in India), hence naming the species as indica. [65]
Paulus Johannes Maria Maas from Netherlands [5] and Nobuyuki Tanaka from Japan, both experts in the taxonomy of genus Canna, assign different classifications for this species. Dr Maas considers C. coccinea to be a synonym of C. indica L., however, Dr Tanaka's DNA-based approach shows that species in the Canna indica complex can be clearly ...
C. indica may also refer to: Caloria indica, a sea slug species; Canis indica, the Indian wolf, a possible distinct species of wolves; Canna indica, the saka siri, Indian shot, canna, bandera, chancle, coyol, platanillo or kardal, a plant species; Chalcophaps indica, the emerald dove, a bird species found in tropical southern Asia