Plant Details

Accepted name:: Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. [Nymphaeaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 7

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.

Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea (Savigny) Verdc.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
#amataq#hae	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
(n)doh'	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
alli	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
alli kaada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alli-tamaarai	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
allikada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
allitamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
allittamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amazibu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ambal	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ambal poovu	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ampal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhengat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhenght	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilenaydilie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
biletavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
blouwaterlelie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
blue lotus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
blue lotus of egypt	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
blue star water lily	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blue water lily	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bocore	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cape water lily	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chirunji	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cit-ambel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dihwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
edo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ehwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
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)
indeevaramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian red water lily	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian red waterlily	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indivara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
intekwane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
izeleba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
izubu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kalava puvvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaluva	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kaluvapoova	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kaluvva poovu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamalini	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kamoda	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kanval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
karuneythal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirunji	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
koi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kooi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kooka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krishnakamal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumud	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kumuda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumudam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumudinee	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kumudini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lishwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
loto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mahwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makwangala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
manel	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
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)
nadale-huvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalla kalava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallani padmamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narogeki	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ncuma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ndindi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
neel kamal	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
neela kamal	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
neela naidile	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neela thaavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neela thavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neelofar	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
neeltare	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
neeti tamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nil manel	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
niloth phal	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
nilotpalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ninféia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nkuram	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nyadale	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
olu-et-olu	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
paddapreekstoel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
parimbal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
periambal	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
poyanu	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
qomisho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
raktotpala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red and blue water lily	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
seerose	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
simbidira	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sobagel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
star lotus	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
stern-seerose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stjärnlotus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sundi	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tellakaluva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tswii	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
utpala	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vellampal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
water lily	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
waterlily	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yunga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Rhizome, Stem		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
rhizome, whole plant, flower, root, leaves, seed	fresh plant material, dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
flower	dried flower	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Flower (Red)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nymphaea nauchali Burm.f.	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Nymphaea nouchaii Burm. F.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Nymphaea nouchali	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Nymphaea nouchali Burm. F.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Nymphaea nouchali Burman f.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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