Cana brava
Arundo donax
Also known as Carrizo, Giant red, Wild cane
About Cana brava
Arundo donax is a tall perennial cane. It is one of several so-called reed species. It has several common names including giant cane, elephant grass, carrizo, arundo, Spanish cane, Colorado river reed, wild cane, and giant reed. Arundo and donax are respectively the old Latin and Greek names for reed. Arundo donax grows in damp soils, either fresh or moderately saline, and is native to the Greater Middle East. It has been widely planted and naturalised in the mild temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of both hemispheres, especially in the Mediterranean, California, the western Pacific and the Caribbean and is considered invasive in North America and Oceania.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Arundo donax
- Genus
- Arundo
- Family
- POACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Along banks of streams and backwaters
- Native to
- Tropical Asia
- Distribution
- Mediterranean region eastwards to North Africa, India-Pakistan; introduced into many parts of the World
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-June
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Baranal, baru, Doka
- Nepali
- ठूलो नर्कट Thoolo Narkat, नर्कट
- Bengali
- নাল
- Tamil
- caravanam, koraikkuccu, korukachi
- Telugu
- adavikikasa-gaddi, adavikikkasagadi, kaki veduru
- Kannada
- baalada kaddi, bilee laalada kaddi, hulagilu hullu
- Malayalam
- Oodappullu, Arundo donax
- Marathi
- Nal, देवनाळ
Poaceae
Grass family
Cana brava belongs to the Poaceae family.
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