Canna jaegeriana Urb.

Caribbean canna (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Cannaceae > Canna

Characteristics

A large herb. It grows 5 m tall. The rhizomes are short and tuberous. The leaves are narrowly oval and 40-100 cm long by 15-40 cm wide. The flowering shoots may or may to be branched and can be loose or close together. The fruit are light yellow and turn green. They have red or purple lumps. The seeds are oval and 4-7 mm long by 2-5 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
Root system rhizome
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows between 750-2,000 m above sea level.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible rhizomes roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Images

Canna jaegeriana unspecified picture

Distribution

Canna jaegeriana world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Dominica, Ecuador, Haiti, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:44425-2
WFO ID wfo-0000343823
COL ID QM3Z
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Canna jaegeriana Canna leucocarpa Canna pertusa Canna domingensis