The Indian Shot is a decorative plant which - other than its name may indicate - is native to the Caribbean and South America. In Europe, Canna Indica is primarily known as an indoor plant because of its beautiful flowers. In the tropics, it is also grown for its large, starchy rhizomes which imply its relationship to ginger. These are relatively fibrous but edible and can, similar to arrowroot, be processed into flour and eaten as a root vegetable. Therefore, very young bulbs are harvested and boiled. They have a pleasantly sweet flavour but have to be soft-boiled long enough. Contrary to many other tropical plants, the Canna can also be cultivated outdoors in Central Europe where it impresses with its imposing height of up to 2 meters. The aerial plant parts freeze to death in autumn but the rhizome can stay in the soil during winter and sprout again in spring. It should be protected from the frost with a layer of foliage, fresh soil, or another cover.
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