Plant Details

Accepted name:: Nymphaea lotus var. lotus [Nymphaeaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Nymphaea lotus L.
Infraspecies:: Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis (DC.) Tuzson

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alli-tamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alli-tamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
allit-tamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anpala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cevvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chhota-kanval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manciti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilu-far	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nyadale-huvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nymphaea edulis (Salisb.) DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 52 (1821).
Castalia edulis Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 14 (1805).
Castalia mystica Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 14 (1805).
Castalia sacra Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 14 (1805).
Nymphaea acutidens Peter Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl., n.f., 13(2): 78 (1928).
Nymphaea aegyptiaca Opiz Naturalientausch 10: 216 (1825).
Nymphaea boucheana Planch. Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 10: t. 1033 (1854).
Nymphaea coteka Roxb. ex Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 14 (1805).
Nymphaea dentata Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 249 (1827).
Nymphaea esculenta Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 578 (1832).
Nymphaea fragrantissima Welw. ex Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 322 (1873).
Nymphaea hypotricha Peter Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl., n.f., 13(2): 78 (1928).
Nymphaea leucantha Peter Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl., n.f., 13(2): 76 (1928).
Nymphaea liberiensis A.Chev. Fl. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 92 (1938), no Latin descr.
Nymphaea lotus acuminiloba Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 321 (1873).
Nymphaea lotus angustata Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 321 (1873).
Nymphaea lotus dentata (Schumach. & Thonn.) Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 321 (1873).
Nymphaea lotus glabrescens Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 321 (1873).
Nymphaea lotus lata Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 321 (1873).
Nymphaea lotus var. parviflora Peter Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl., n.f., 13(2): 60 (1928).
Nymphaea lotus var. rogeonii A.Chev. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 4: 5 (1932).
Nymphaea lotus rotundifolia Casp. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. 16: 321 (1873).
Nymphaea ortgiesiana Planch. Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 8: 68 (1852).
Nymphaea reichardiana F.Hoffm. Beitr. Fl. Centr.-Ost-Afr.: 7 (1889).
Nymphaea sagittata Edgew. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 29 (1846), nom. illeg.
Nymphaea zenkeri Gilg in H.S.Conard, Waterlilies: 197 (1905).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nymphaea edulis	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Nymphaea edulis DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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