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    (c) orlandomontes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) wild_blackberrymx, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Guillermo López Escalera Argueta, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) Siddarth Machado, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Robert Siegel, all rights reserved

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    (c) Sune Holt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Indian shot

Canna indica

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Canna indica, commonly known as Indian shot, African arrowroot, edible canna, purple arrowroot, Sierra Leone arrowroot, is a plant species in the family Cannaceae. It is native to much of South America, Central America, the West Indies, Mexico, and the southeastern United States (Florida, Texas, Louisiana, and South Carolina). It is also naturalized in much of Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.

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