Canna Lilies and their uses

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Canna Lilies and their uses

Detail of the seed pods and seeds. The seeds are used for jewelry and musical instruments.

The plant yields a fibre - from the stem - it is used as a jute substitute.

A fibre obtained from the leaves is used for making paper. The leaves are harvested in late summer after the plant has flowered, they are scraped to remove the outer skin and are then soaked in water for 2 hours prior to cooking. The fibres are cooked for 24 hours with lye and then beaten in a blender. They make a light tan brown paper.

A purple dye is obtained from the seed.

Smoke from the burning leaves is said to be insecticidal.

Cannas are used to extract many undesirable pollutants in a wetland environment as it has a high tolerance to contaminants.

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