Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Canna indica
Scientific Name and Description
Canna coccinea MILL.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Canna indica L.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | indian shot, queensland arrowroot, tous-les-mois |
| Hindi | keli, sabbajaya, sarvajjya, sudarson |
| Kannada | canna gida, chare gundina gida, hoo dingana, hoodingala, hudingana, kaabaale, kaalahoo, kaela hoo, kaelahoo, kalahu, kare gulaganji, kela hoo, kelahu, kyaanaa gida, kyana gida, sarva jaya, sugandharaju |
| Malayalam | katoobala, kattuvala, kattuvazha, katu-bala, katubala, katuvara |
| Marathi | daevakeli, dev-keli, devakeli, kardai, kardali, ran-keli |
| Sanskrit | devakili, kamakshee, kamakshi, krishnatamara, sarvajaya, shilarambha, silarumba, vanakadali |
| Tamil | cilaivalai, kal valai, kallankari, kallankaricceti, kalvalai, kalvalaicceti, kalvalaimani, kalvazhai, kanalvalai 1, kandamani-cheddi, kandamanu, kantamani, kattuvalai, kundimani, lakiya, lakiyavalai, nilavalai, patacitacceti, patacitam, poovalai, puvalai, siramalai, tiranapakitam, tiranapakitavalai |
| Telugu | guriginzda, guruginja, krishnatamara, mettatamara |
| Common names | Indian shot,African arrowroot, edible canna, purple arrowroot, Sierra Leone arrowroot, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Root tuber
Rhizome
Stem
Ethnopharmacology use
Canna indica L.
Habit - Herb
Parts used - Stem, tuber, rhizome, root
Application - Diuretic and digestion; dyspepsia; vegetable; urinary diorder; feve
Treatment - General
References - Kalaiselvan and Gopalan 2014, Padal et al. 2010
References
Literature
Literature
Kalaiselvan and Gopalan 2014
Padal et al. 2010
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
The Flora of the Palni Hills Vol-3 Author - K.M. Matthew
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL III(MONOCOTS) Author - K.M. MATTHEW
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Canna indica. (2024, May 22). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canna_indica