Canna edulis

Canna edulis

Canna, Queensland arrowroot, edible canna

Perennial herb with a purple stem up to 3.5 m high and leaf blades that are dark green tinged with reddish-veins. Cultivated in the tropics for its tubers, which are used for human consumption when young. The tubers and leaves are good fodder for cattle and pigs; it is grown for this purpose in Hawaii, where it is harvested 4-8 months after planting.

		As % of dry matter

	DM	CP	CF	Ash	EE	NFE	Ca	P	Ref
Fresh leaves,
Uganda		14.1	24.6	12.3	2.5	46.5			70

Fresh aerial part,
early vegetative,
Tanzania	16.5	10.2	19.6	16.5	5.1	48.6			171

Fresh tubers,
Tanzania	30.7	3.6	3.4	7.4	0.8	84.8			"


				Digestibility (%)

		Animal		CP	CF	EE	NFE	ME	Ref

Tops		Sheep		44.0	35.0	27.0	66.0	1.71	171

Tubers		Sheep		44.0	89.0	63.0	90.0	2.99	"

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Canna edulis

Canna, Queensland arrowroot, edible canna

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