78 — Number of the plant
at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
► Subclass Zingiberidae
► Order Zingiberales
► Family Cannaceae - Canna family
► Genus Canna L. - Canna
Synonyms
Canna achiras Gillies
Canna cinnabarina Bouché
Canna coccinea Mill.
(=) Canna compacta Roscoe
(=) Canna edulis Ker Gawl.
Canna esculenta Lodd. ex Loudon
Canna humilis Bouché
Canna indica L. var. limbata (Roscoe) Petersen
≡ Canna limbata Roscoe
(=) Canna lutea Mill.
Canna lutea var. aurantiaca (Roscoe) Regel
Canna lutea var. genuina Kraenzl.
Canna nepalensis Wall.
Canna orientalis Roscoe
Canna rubricaulis Link
Canna speciosa Roscoe
Canna variabilis Willd.
Canna warszewiczii A.Dietr.
Common names
Achira (English)
African arrowroot (English)
Arrowroot (English)
Canna (English)
Canna lily (English)
Edible canna (English)
Gruya (English)
Indian-shot (English)
Platanillo (English)
Purple arrowroot (English)
Queensland (English)
Sierra Leone arrowroot (English)
Tous les mois (English)
Wild canna (English)
Balisier (French)
Balisier comestible (French)
Balisier des Indes (French)
Canna (French)
Canna florifére (French)
Canne d'Inde (French)
Indisch bloemriet (Dutch)
Westindisches Blumenrohr (German)
Albará (Portuguese)
Araruta bastarda (Portuguese)
Araruta de porco (Portuguese)
Bananeirinha da India (Portuguese)
Канна индийская (Russian)
Achira (Spanish)
Caña comestible (Spanish)
Caña de la India (Spanish)
Maraca (Spanish)
Platanillo (Spanish)
Yuquilla (Spanish)
Sarbajaya (India (Bengali))
Sarvajjaya (India (Hindi))
Devakili (India (Sanskrit))
Sarvajaya (India (Sanskrit))
Kalvalai (India (Tamil))
Puvalai (India (Tamil))
Gāne sarvadā (Nepalese)
Phut tharaksa (Thai)
Cây dong riềng - lá (Vietnamese)
Cây dong riềng - thân lá (Vietnamese)
Củ dong giềng (Vietnamese)
Mei ren jiao (Chinese)
Akabana dan doku (Japanese)
Choukuyou kana (Japanese)
Kana indika (Japanese)
Indiese kanna (Afrikaans)
Bakalele (Hausa)
Bakare kare (Hausa)
Albará (Brazil (Portuguese))
Bananeirinha-da-Índia (Brazil (Portuguese))
Bananeirinha-de-flor (Brazil (Portuguese))
Beri (Brazil (Portuguese))
Birú manso (Brazil (Portuguese))
Caeté-dos-jardns (Brazil (Portuguese))
Cana-da-Índia (Brazil (Portuguese))
Balisier à chapelets (Caribbean islands (French))
Balisier jaune (Caribbean islands (French))
Balisier rouge (Caribbean islands (French))
Toloman (Caribbean islands (French))
Tous-les-mois (Caribbean islands (French))
Bandera de uriba (Colombia (Spanish))
Capacho (Colombia (Spanish))
Chisgua (Colombia (Spanish))
Chumbima (Colombia (Spanish))
Café cimarron (Panama (Spanish))
English shot (South America (English))
Queensland arrowroot (South America (English))
Queensland arrowroot (Australia (English))
Description
Flower with slender erect irregularly shaped petals and a recurved lip streaked; borne in terminal racemes on long stems. An erect perennial rhizomatous herb with lush foliage.
And finally, the best friend one can have - isn't he the Divine, to whom one can say everything, reveal everything? For there indeed is the source of all compassion, of all power to efface every error when it is not repeated, - to open the road to true realisation; it is he who can understand all, heal all, and always help on the path, help you not to fail, not to falter, not to fall, but to walk straight to the goal. He is the true friend, the friend of good and bad days, the one who can understand, can heal, and who is always there when you need him. When you call him sincerely, he is always there to guide and uphold you - and to love you in the true way.
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 9. - Questions And Answers (1957)
The friendly relationship you can have with the Divine - you understand each other, you don't fear each other, you're good friends!
The Mother. Agenda. - Volume 2. - 1961