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Plant Details

Accepted name: 
Nymphaea lotus L. [Nymphaeaceae]
Source: 
World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant: 
Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies: 
2
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
allikada Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
allitamarai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amahlolwane Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ampal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bashneen abiad Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bashnin Other Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bile-naidilay Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bile-tavaray Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
blue egyptian water lily Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blue lotus Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cevvampal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chota kanval Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cumuda Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
egyptian lotus Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
egyptian water-lily Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
egyptian white waterlily Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
egyptisk vitlotus Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
golfão-vermelho Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gul nih far Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gul nilofar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gurum Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hallaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian lotus Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indiravacham Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jo mao zhe yek sui lien Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kalharamu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanval Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kilongalonga Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
king'ala Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
koto Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
krishna-kamal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumda Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumuda Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumudu Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
lal-kamal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lombo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
longalonga Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
lotier d'egypte Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
loto Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lotus tigré Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lubehe Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maleve Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
myungiyungi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nedel kalung Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neerampal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neithal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilofar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilotpala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilufar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nénuphar Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
nénuphar blanc Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
osibata Other Med. Pl. for Hyperprolactinemia, Nigeria (Sharaibi et al., 2014)
otjinauanga Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
raktotpal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktotpala Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sacred blue lily Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sacred lotus Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sandhyaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seerose Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
seroja putih Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tellakaluva Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
teratai kecil Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tiger lotus Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
toro Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tunjung Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
vellambal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellanpal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
water lily Other Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
water-lily Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
weiße ägyptische seerose Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
weißer ägyptischer lotus Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
whit Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white egyptian lotus Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white lotus Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
white waterlily Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
winter lotus Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
witwaterlelie Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yunga Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ägyptische lotosblume Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
بشنين Other Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)