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Plant Details

Accepted name: 
Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. [Nymphaeaceae]
Source of taxonomy and confidence: 
World Checklist: unpublished records ( Two stars out of three )
Information about this plant: 
Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies: 
See all 7
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
#amataq#hae Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
(n)doh' Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
alli Other Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
alli kaada Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
allikada Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
allitamara Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
allittamarai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amazibu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ambal Other Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ambal poovu Other Unani Pharmacopoeia 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 (Kew, 1999)
blue lotus Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
blue lotus of egypt Other SEPASAL database (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 (Kew, 1999)
bocore Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cape water lily Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chirunji Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cit-ambel Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dihwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
edo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ehwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gongoa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gune Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
g|hoe Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
g|whe Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ikhubalo lechanti Other SEPASAL database (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 (Kew, 1999)
izeleba Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
izubu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kalava puvvu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaluvapoova Other Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kaluvva poovu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamalini Other Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kamoda Other Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kanval Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuneythal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirunji Other SEPASAL database (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 Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kumuda Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumudam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumudinee Other Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kumudini Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lishwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
loto Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mahwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
makwangala Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
manel Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
mankanda Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
marera Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mashwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
matiba Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mativo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mililima Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
modidima Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muncungu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mungundo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
myungiyungi Other SEPASAL database (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 (Kew, 1999)
ncuma Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ndindi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
neel kamal Other Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
neela kamal Other Unani Pharmacopoeia 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 Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
neeltare Other Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
neeti tamara Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
nkuram Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
paddapreekstoel Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
parimbal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poyanu Other Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
qomisho Other SEPASAL database (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 (Kew, 1999)
simbidira Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sobagel Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
star lotus Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
stern-seerose Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
stjärnlotus Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sundi Other Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tellakaluva Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toro Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tswii Other SEPASAL database (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 (Kew, 1999)
waterlily Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yunga Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)