Category: Canna indica

2025 Thursday Trios: 17 July (on the 18th)

Trios of

Canna indica

Canna indica
Aka Indian shot,
African arrowroot
Coleman admiring the
edible canna,
purple arrowroot, 
Sierra Leone arrowroot & other flowers

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Thursday Trios 

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Floral Friday Fotos

Remembering Bren’s Floral Friday

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Location: Centennial Center; Downtown Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA 

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2024 Weekend FOTD: 10.05/.06 —

Phoebis philea on Canna indica

Aka Orange-barred Sulfur
on Indian shot,
African arrowroot

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

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Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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FOTD: Canna indica

Commonly
known as
Indian Shot

It is also known by African Arrowroot, Arrowroot, Canna, Edible Canna, and Wild Canna Lily among a few other names.

The rhizomes of cannas are rich in starch, and have many uses in agriculture. All of the plant material has commercial value, rhizomes for starch (consumption by humans and livestock), stems and foliage for animal fodder, young shoots as a vegetable, and young seeds as an addition to tortillas.

Other interesting uses include the hard black seeds of the Arrowroot having been used in the 19th century as bullets when ammunition was limited. The seeds are also used for making jewelry and musical instruments such as rattles.

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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