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[Lat.,=cane], any plant of the genus Canna, tropical and subtropical perennials, grown in temperate regions in parks and gardens for the large foliage and spikelike, usually red or yellow blossoms.
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The morphologies of Canna indica Linn (generalis) and Ginkgobiloba Linn leaf surfaces are smooth so that hardness values are similar.
Mechanical character of typical plant leaf surfaces
A combination of two parts from the same plant was also found to be used; an example is use of a combination of leaf and flower juice of Canna indica for treatment of burns and eye diseases.
Ethnobotanical survey of the Santal tribe residing in Thakurgaon district, Bangladesh
Canna indica es, sin duda, la especie mas difundida del genero y se caracteriza por una plasticidad morfologica notable, sobretodo en lo referente a ciertos caracteres florales, como el numero de estaminodios y el patron de distribucion de los colores (colorado y amarillo) en estaminodios y labelos, algo que llevo a Kranzlin (1912), entre otros autores, a describir numerosas especies distintas.
Canna ascendens (Cannaceae), una nueva especie de la provincia de Buenos Aires y comentarios sobre otras especies Argentinas de este genero
It had red Canna indica interspersed with potatoes and beans and snow-topped mountain ranges as a backdrop.
Walk in Eden of the east; You would have thought that going on holiday to the Himalayas would take a girl's mind off work for a week or so - but she's back full of ideas from the wonders she saw

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