Plant Details

Accepted name:: Canna indica L. [Cannaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
achira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
achira negra	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
adalut	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
african arrowroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
albará	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
anna	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
ar-do	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
arrowroot	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bajiaoyu	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
balisier comestible	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bananeirinha-da-índia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bananeirinha-de-flor	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bawnkawr	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
beri	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bhuinchapo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bijagua	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
budatharana	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
bunga tabsih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bunga tasbih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
buthsarana	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
bái bā jiāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bā jiāo yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
caeté-dos-jardins	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cana-da-índia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
canna	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
canna gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caña comestible	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chare gundina gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilalaga	Other	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)
cilaivalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daevakeli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daun tasbeh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dev-keli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devakeli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devakili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
edible canna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
edible indian shot	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
eßbares blumenrohr	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
feng wei hua	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ganjong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ganyong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gerenyung	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gruya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
guriginzda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guruginja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hoo dingana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hoodingala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hudingana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hóng jiāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hěn miè	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
indian shot	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
indian-shot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
indiese kanna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jiāng yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jiāo yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaabaale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaalahoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaela hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaelahoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kal valai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalahu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kali-haldi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kallankari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kallankaricceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalvalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalvalaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalvalaimani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalvazhai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamakshee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandamani-cheddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandamanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantamani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kardai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kardali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kare gulaganji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kataboti	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
katoobala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuvala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuvalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuvazha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katu-bala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katubala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuvara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kela hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kelahu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kenyong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kombu kombu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
krishna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krishnatamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kundimani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kyaanaa gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kyana gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lakiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lakiyavalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lán jiāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mei ren jiao	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mettatamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
měi rén jiāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
měi rén jiāo gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nilavalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirghandha kusuma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patacitacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patacitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pisang sebiak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pisang tasbeh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
platanillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
poovalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purple arrowroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
puvalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
queensland arrow	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
queensland arrowroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
quees- land arrowroot	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
ran-keli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
regemu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
sabbajaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarva jaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarvajaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarvajjya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sebeh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sebek	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shilarambha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shuǐ jiāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shí yòng měi rén jiāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
silarumba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siramalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sudarson	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sugandharaju	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
swarajaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanglan kwin	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
tasbeh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tiranapakitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiranapakitavalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tous-les-mois	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tundu ngoma	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ubi gereda	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
vanakadali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild canna lily	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
¥y¥ng ay	Other	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)
බුත්සරණ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
兰蕉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
姜芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
曇華	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
橙紅美人蕉	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
檀特	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
水蕉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白芭蕉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
红蕉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
美人蕉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
美人蕉根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
美人蕉花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芭蕉芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
蕉芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蘭蕉	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
食用美人蕉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flower		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
roots		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
Tuber		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Flowers, Leaves, Rhizome		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
flower, rhizome		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sap, root, flower, fruit, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
seeds	dry seeds	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
aerial part, bud, root, látex, leaf		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
fruit, rhizome, leaves, flowers	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 166 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Canna bidentata Bertol. Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 10: 33 (1859).
Canna brasiliensis Roscoe ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 5 (1827).
Canna chinensis Willd. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 170 (1808), nom. superfl.
Canna coccinea Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 3 (1768).
Canna edulis Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 9: t. 775 (1824).
Canna lanuginosa Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 16 (1827).
Canna orientalis Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 12 (1826), nom. superfl.
Canna warszewiczii A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 19: 289 (1851), nom. superfl.
Canna achiras Gillies ex D.Don Edwards's Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1358 (1830).
Canna altensteinii Bouché Linnaea 11: 326 (1837).
Canna amabilis T.Koyama & Nob.Tanaka Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 26: 11 (2000).
Canna ascendens Ciciar. Darwiniana 45: 189 (2007).
Canna atronigricans André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 127 (1866).
Canna aurantiaca Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 21 (1826).
Canna aurantiaca splendida Année ex André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 122 (1866).
Canna aureovittata G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 5: t. 449 (1821).
Canna barbadica Bouché Linnaea 8: 145 (1833), nom. nud.
Canna bifida Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 1(Add. 1): 69 (1817).
Canna bihorellii G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 262 (1884).
Canna caledonis-peltata Chaté Canna: 140 (1867).
Canna carnea Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 15 (1826).
Canna cearensis Huber Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 297 (1901).
Canna cinnabarina Bouché Linnaea 18: 490 (1845).
Canna coccinea var. bicolor Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 47: 59 (1912).
Canna coccinea var. concolor Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 85 (1867).
Canna coccinea f. flaviflora Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 1108 (1903).
Canna coccinea var. floribunda (Bouché) Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 85 (1867).
Canna coccinea var. limbata Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 85 (1867).
Canna commutata Bouché Linnaea 8: 147 (1833).
Canna compacta Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 22 (1824).
Canna concinna Bouché Linnaea 18: 491 (1845).
Canna crocea Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 1: 11 (1817).
Canna densifolia Bouché Linnaea 18: 489 (1845).
Canna denudata var. grandis Petersen in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 75 (1890).
Canna discolor Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1231 (1829).
Canna discolor var. rubripunctata Nob.Tanaka Makinoa, n.s., 1: 31 (2001).
Canna discolor var. viridifolia Nob.Tanaka Makinoa, n.s., 1: 31 (2001).
Canna ehrenbergii Bouché Linnaea 8: 150 (1833).
Canna elegans Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 143 (1817), nom. superfl.
Canna ellipticifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 2 (1812), nom. superfl.
Canna ellipticifolia var. coccinea (Mill.) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 2 (1812).
Canna ellipticifolia var. lutea (Mill.) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 2 (1812).
Canna ellipticifolia var. patens (Aiton) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 3 (1812).
Canna ellipticifolia var. rubra Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 2 (1812).
Canna esculenta G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 1 (1830), not validly publ.
Canna exigua Bouché Linnaea 18: 490 (1845).
Canna eximia Bouché ex Horan. Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 18 (1862).
Canna expansa Année ex André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 125 (1866).
Canna expansa-rubra G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 262 (1884).
Canna flavescens Link Handbuch 1: 226 (1829).
Canna floribunda Bouché Linnaea 18: 489 (1845).
Canna formosa Bouché Linnaea 18: 491 (1845).
Canna fuchsina Ciciar. Bot. Complutensis 34: 50 (2010).
Canna fulgida Bouché Linnaea 18: 490 (1845).
Canna gaboniensis Chaté Canna: 143 (1867).
Canna heliconiifolia Bouché Linnaea 8: 164 (1833).
Canna heliconiifolia var. xalapensis (Bouché) Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 47: 67 (1912).
Canna houlletii André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 127 (1866).
Canna humilis Bouché Linnaea 8: 153 (1833).
Canna indica var. coccinea (Mill.) Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 1 (1789).
Canna indica var. edwardsii Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 83 (1867).
Canna indica var. flava (Roscoe) Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 261 (1892).
Canna indica var. karsteniana Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 83 (1867).
Canna indica var. limbata (Regel) Petersen in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 68 (1890).
Canna indica var. lutea (Mill.) Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 1 (1789).
Canna indica var. maculata Hook. Exot. Fl. 1: t. 53 (1823).
Canna indica var. nepalensis (Bouché) Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 261 (1892).
Canna indica var. orientalis Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 260 (1892), nom. superfl.
Canna indica subsp. orientalis Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 328 (1898).
Canna indica var. patens Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 1 (1789).
Canna indica var. rubra Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 1 (1789).
Canna indica f. rubroaurantiaca Makino Ill. Fl. Nippon: 707 (1940), no Latin descr.
Canna indica var. sanctae-rosae (Kraenzl.) Nob.Tanaka Makinoa, n.s., 1: 43 (2001).
Canna indica var. saturaterubra Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 83 (1867).
Canna indica var. speciosa Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 261 (1892), nom. superfl.
Canna indica var. variegata Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 83 (1867).
Canna indica var. warszewiczii Nob.Tanaka Makinoa, n.s., 1: 42 (2001).
Canna insignis G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 262 (1884).
Canna juncea Retz. Observ. Bot. 1: 9 (1779).
Canna laeta Bouché Linnaea 18: 489 (1845).
Canna lagunensis Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1311 (1830).
Canna lambertii Lindl. ex Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 6: t. 470 (1820).
Canna lavalleei André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 128 (1866).
Canna leptochila Bouché Linnaea 8: 153 (1833).
Canna liervalii André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 128 (1866).
Canna limbata Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 9 (1827), nom. superfl.
Canna limbata var. hybrida Année ex André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 124 (1866).
Canna lutea Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768).
Canna lutea Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 6 (1923), nom. illeg.
Canna lutea var. aurantiaca (Roscoe) Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 87 (1867).
Canna lutea var. genuina Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 47: 40 (1912), not validly publ.
Canna lutea var. maculata (Hook.) Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 87 (1867).
Canna lutea var. pallida (Roscoe) Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 87 (1867).
Canna macrophylla Horan. Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 18 (1862).
Canna maculata (Hook.) Link Handbuch 1: 227 (1829).
Canna maxima Lodd. ex Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: 16, t. 2 (1828), not validly publ.
Canna montana Blume Enum. Pl. Javae: 35 (1827).
Canna moritziana Bouché Linnaea 18: 492 (1845).
Canna musifolia Année ex Chaté Canna: 143 (1867).
Canna musifolia sanguinea Hend. & Andr.Hend. Gard. Chron. 1870: 446 (1870).
Canna musifolia-edulis André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 124 (1866).
Canna musifolia-hybrida Année ex André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 123 (1866).
Canna nepalensis Bouché Linnaea 8: 158 (1833).
Canna occidentalis Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 9: t. 772 (1824).
Canna orientalis Bouché Linnaea 8: 152 (1833), nom. illeg.
Canna orientalis var. flava Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: 40 (1826).
Canna orientalis var. flavescens (Link) Baker Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 13: 43 (1893), nom. superfl.
Canna pallida Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 19 (1824).
Canna pallida var. maculata (Hook.) Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 20 (1828).
Canna patens (Aiton) Roscoe Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 338 (1807).
Canna patens var. limbata (Regel) Baker Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 13: 43 (1893).
Canna pentaphylla D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 1: 5 (1839), orth. var.
Canna peruviana Année ex André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 123 (1866).
Canna peruviana-purpurea Année ex Chaté Canna: 150 (1867).
Canna peruviana-robusta Année ex Chaté Canna: 151 (1867).
Canna peruviana-spectabilis Année ex Chaté Canna: 151 (1867).
Canna platyphylla Nees & Mart. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 11: 22 (1823).
Canna plurituberosa T.Koyama & Nob.Tanaka J. Jap. Bot. 75: 89 (2000).
Canna poeppigii Bouché Linnaea 12: 143 (1838).
Canna polyclada Wawra Oesterr. Bot. Z. 13: 7 (1863).
Canna polymorpha Bouché Linnaea 8: 151 (1833).
Canna porteana André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 127 (1866).
Canna portoricensis Bouché Linnaea 12: 147 (1838).
Canna pruinosa Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult., Nachtr. 2: 79 (1828).
Canna pulchra Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 52 (1844).
Canna pulchra Bouché ex Horan. Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 16 (1862).
Canna purpurea-spectabilis Année ex Chaté Canna: 151 (1867).
Canna recurvata Bouché Linnaea 18: 488 (1845).
Canna rendatleri G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 262 (1884).
Canna robusta Année ex André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 123 (1866).
Canna roscoeana Bouché Linnaea 8: 146 (1833), nom. superfl.
Canna rotundifolia André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 11: 371 (1862).
Canna rubra Willd. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 169 (1808), nom. superfl.
Canna rubricaulis Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 1 (1821).
Canna sanctae-rosae Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 47: 40 (1912).
Canna sanguinea Bouché Linnaea 8: 154 (1833), pro syn.
Canna sanguinea Warsz. ex Otto & A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 19: 290 (1851).
Canna saturate-rubra Bouché ex K.Koch Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1858: 386 (1858).
Canna schubertii Horan. Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 18 (1862).
Canna seleriana Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 47: 56 (1912).
Canna sellowii Bouché Linnaea 8: 162 (1833).
Canna speciosa Roscoe ex Sims Bot. Mag. 49: t. 2317 (1822), nom. illeg.
Canna speciosa Hegetschw Scitaminum: 5 (1813), nom. superfl.
Canna spectabilis Bouché Linnaea 18: 487 (1845).
Canna sulphurea Bouché Linnaea 8: 150 (1833), pro syn.
Canna surinamensis Bouché Linnaea 18: 491 (1845).
Canna tenuiflora Bouché ex A.Dietr. Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 1: 13 (1831).
Canna texensis Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 86 (1867).
Canna textoria Noronha in L.-M.A.A.Du Petit-Thouars, Mélang. Bot., Prod. Phytol.: ? (1811), nom. nud.
Canna thyrsiflora Hegetschw. Scitaminum: t. 1, f. 8 (1813), nom. superfl.
Canna tineoi Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1858: 25 (1858), nom. subnud.
Canna vanhouttei Lierv. ex André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 127 (1866).
Canna variabilis Willd. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 169 (1808), nom. superfl.
Canna variegata Bouché Linnaea 18: 487 (1845), nom. illeg.
Canna variegata Besser Cat. Jard. Bot. Krzemieniec: 25 (1810).
Canna variegatifolia Ciciar. Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 14: 334 (1995).
Canna ventricosa Bouché Linnaea 18: 488 (1845).
Canna warszewiczii var. flameus Ram.Goyena Fl. Nicarag. 2: 806 (1911).
Canna xalapensis Bouché Linnaea 8: 163 (1833).
Canna zebrina Année ex André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 126 (1866).
Canna zebrina nana André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 130 (1866).
Cannacorus indicus (L.) Medik. Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 379 (1790).
Cannacorus ovatus Moench Methodus: 526 (1794), nom. superfl.
Distemon brasiliensis (Roscoe ex Spreng.) Bouché Linnaea 18: 495 (1845).
Distemon grandis Horan. Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 14 (1862), nom. superfl.
Xyphostylis lutea (Mill.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 52 (1838).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Canna bidentata Bertolini	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Canna bidentata Bertoni	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Canna chinensis Willd.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Canna chinensis Willdenow	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Canna coccinea Mill.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Canna coccinea Miller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Canna edulis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Canna edulis Ker	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Canna edulis Ker Gawl.	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
Canna edulis Ker-Gawl.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Canna edulis Ker.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Canna edulis L.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Canna edulisa	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Canna endulis Ker Gawl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Canna indica	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Canna indica L.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Canna indica Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Canna lanuginosa Rosc.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Canna lanuginosa Roscoe	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Canna orientalis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Canna orientalis Rosc.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Canna warscewiczii A.Dietr.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Canna warszewiczii Dietr.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Carina brasiliensis	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)

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