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Non-scientific name:

water lily

3 Accepted name(s) for "water lily":

Accepted name
Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.
Nymphaea lotus L.
Nymphaea pubescens Willd.

4 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Nymphaea nouchali Burman f. Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.
Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Nymphaea lotus L. Nymphaea lotus L. Nymphaea lotus L.
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Nymphaea lotus Linn. Nymphaea lotus L. Nymphaea lotus L.
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Nymphaea pubescens Nymphaea pubescens Willd. Nymphaea pubescens Willd. flower
Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Nymphaea pubescens Nymphaea pubescens Willd. Nymphaea pubescens Willd. Flower, Fruit, Rhizome, Root, Seeds

63 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "water lily":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
#amataq#hae Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
(n)doh' Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
amazibu Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
blouwaterlelie Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
blue lotus Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
blue lotus of egypt Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
blue water lily Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bocore Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bì huā Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cape water lily Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chirunji Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dihwa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
edo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ehwa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
et-olu Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
gongoa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gune Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
g|hoe Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
g|whe Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ikhubalo lechanti Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
intekwane Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
izeleba Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
izubu Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jo mao zhe yek sui lien Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kirunji Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lishwa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mahwa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makwangala Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mankanda Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
marera Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mashwa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
matiba Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mativo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mililima Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
modidima Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muncungu Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mungundo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
myungiyungi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
narogeki Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ncuma Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ndindi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nkuram Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
olu Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
paddapreekstoel Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
qomisho Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
seerose Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
seroja merah Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seroja putih Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shuì lián Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shuǐ fú lián Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
simbidira Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sobagel Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
telipak Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
teratai kecil Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
toro Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tswii Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tunjung Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yunga Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
zǐ wǔ lián Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
子午莲 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
水浮莲 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
睡莲 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
碧花 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)