canna

 

[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. Today, most cultivated cannas are hybrids, but two species are found wild in the S United States, one called Indian shot because of the hard shotlike seeds. C. edulis, Queensland arrowroot, is cultivated in the tropics for its rootstock, a commercial arrowroot starch. Canna is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Liliopsida, order Zingiberales, family Cannaceae.

Canna can refer to:

• The island of Canna, Scotland
• The town of Canna, Western Australia
• The historical site of Cannae, in Puglia, Italy
• Canna, a commune in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria, Italy

• Canna, a genus of flowering plants

• A computer text input system for Chinese and Japanese characters[1]

• Saint Canna, for whom Pontcanna and Canton, Cardiff in Wales are named.

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