What is Canna indica L. in kannada?
- Canna indica L.
Canna Indica (Indian Shot) is not from India, but is native to the West Indies and Tropical America. It is a perennial plant cultivated both for its seeds and its rhizomes (underground stems) for thousand of years. The rhizomes can be starchy and sweet while ripe seeds are strung into rosaries by Buddhists and Muslims. Hawaiians make ornamental garlands (leis) using the seeds as well as in rattles used in hula dances.
In Kannada, Canna indica L. is known by Chare gundina gida, Hoodingala, Hoodingana, Kaabaale, Kaalahoo, Kaela hoo, Kare gulaganji, Kyana gida, Nirghandha kusuma, or Swarajaya.
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