Ubi Gandong

LOCAL NAME : Ubi Gandong
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Canna edulis
ENGLISH COMMON NAME : Canna Lily
BOTANICAL FAMILY NAME : Cannaceae
NATIVE DISTRIBUTION : Americas USES : Ornamental, Food

DID YOU KNOW? This is the edible version of the commonly seen Canna lily - The seeds are so hard that, according to the BBC, soldiers in the 19th-century Indian Mutiny used them to replace bullets when they ran out of ammunition