Plant Details

Accepted name:: Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea (Savigny) Verdc. [Nymphaeaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.
Infraspecies:: 6

Nymphaea nouchali var. mutandaensis Verdc.

Nymphaea nouchali var. nouchali

Nymphaea nouchali var. ovalifolia (Conard) Verdc.

Nymphaea nouchali var. petersiana (Klotzsch) Verdc.

Nymphaea nouchali var. versicolor (Sims) Guruge & Yakand.

Nymphaea nouchali var. zanzibariensis (Casp.) Verdc.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
utpalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 46 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nymphaea caerulea Savigny Déc. Egypt. 1: 71 (1798).
Nymphaea calliantha Conard Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 7-8: 19 (1904).
Nymphaea capensis Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 92 (1800).
Nymphaea cyclophylla R.E.Fr. Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exp. 1911-1912, 1: 39 (1914).
Nymphaea engleri Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 360 (1908).
Nymphaea magnifica Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 359 (1908).
Nymphaea mildbraedii Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 361 (1908).
Nymphaea muschleriana Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 357 (1908).
Castalia caerulea (Savigny) Tratt. Flora 5: 604 (1822).
Castalia capensis (Thunb.) J.Schust. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 902 (1907).
Castalia scutifolia Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 14 (1805).
Leuconymphaea berneriana (Planch.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 12 (1891).
Leuconymphaea caerulea (Savigny) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 12 (1891).
Leuconymphaea emirnensis (Planch.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 12 (1891).
Nymphaea bernieriana Planch. Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 2: 65 (1853).
Nymphaea caerulea var. albiflora Lovassy Result. Wiss. Erforsch. Balatonsees 2(2; 2, Anh.): 46 (1909).
Nymphaea caerulea var. eigii Warb. Bull. Inst. Agric. Nat. Hist. Tel-Aviv 6: 1 (1927).
Nymphaea caerulea var. versicolor T.Durand & H.Durand Syll. Fl. Congol.: 26 (1909).
Nymphaea calliantha var. nelsonii Burtt Davy Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924: 223 (1924).
Nymphaea calliantha var. tenuis Conard Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 7-8: 20 (1904).
Nymphaea capensis var. alba K.C.Landon Phytologia 55: 109 (1984).
Nymphaea capensis var. madagascariensis (DC.) Conard Waterlilies: 157 (1905).
Nymphaea coerulea Andrews Bot. Repos. 3: t. 197 (1801), nom. illeg.
Nymphaea edgeworthii Lehm. Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 8: 372 (1852).
Nymphaea emirnensis Planch. Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 2: 65 (1853).
Nymphaea madagascariensis DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 50 (1821).
Nymphaea nubica Lehm. Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 9: 211 (1853).
Nymphaea radiata Bercht. & Opiz Naturalientausch 10: 216 (1825).
Nymphaea scutifolia (Salisb.) DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 50 (1821).
Nymphaea spectabilis Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 359 (1908).
Nymphaea sphaerantha Peter Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl., n.f., 13(2): 63 (1928).
Nymphaea stellata adscendens Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 318 (1873).
Nymphaea stellata albida Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 320 (1873).
Nymphaea stellata approximata Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 317 (1873).
Nymphaea stellata f. caerulea (Savigny) Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 319 (1873).
Nymphaea stellata coerulea Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 319 (1873).
Nymphaea stellata distans Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 317 (1873).
Nymphaea stellata immaculata Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 317 (1873).
Nymphaea stellata immaculata Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 319 (1873).
Nymphaea stellata lilacina Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 317 (1873).
Nymphaea stellata lilacina Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 317 (1873).
Nymphaea stellata maculata Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 317 (1873).
Nymphaea stellata maculata Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 318 (1873).
Nymphaea stellata punctata Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 317 (1873).
Nymphaea stellata spiralis Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 317 (1873).
Nymphaea stellata vulgaris Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 317 (1873).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nymphaea caerulea Savigny	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Nymphaea calliantha Conard	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Nymphaea capensis Thunb.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Nymphaea coerulea Savi	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Nymphaea cyclophylla R.E.Fr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Nymphaea engleri Gilg	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Nymphaea magnifica Gilg	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Nymphaea mildbraedii Gilg	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Nymphaea muschlerana Gilg	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. var. caerulea (Savigny) Verdc.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. var. caerulea (Savigny) Verde.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)

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