Plant Details

Accepted name:

Nymphaea lotus L. [Nymphaeaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

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)
allikada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
allit-tamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
allitamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amahlolwane	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ambal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ampal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anpala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bashneen abiad	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bashnin	Other	Traditional 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)
cevvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cevvampal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chhota-kanval	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 Plants (Wiersema, 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 Plants (Wiersema, 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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
golfão-vermelho	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gul nih far	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gul nilofar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gurum	Other	SEPASAL database (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)
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)
king'ala	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
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 (Kew, 1999)
lotier d'egypte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
loto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
loto blanco	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
lotus tigré	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
lubehe	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
maleve	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
manciti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
myungiyungi	Other	SEPASAL database (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)
nilu-far	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilufar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nyadale-huvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nénuphar	Other	Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
nénuphar blanc	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
otjinauanga	Other	SEPASAL database (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 (Kew, 1999)
sandhyaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seerose	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
tellakaluva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiger lotus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
toro	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
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)
weiße ägyptische seerose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
weißer ägyptischer lotus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
whit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
white egyptian lotus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
white lily	Other	Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
white lotus	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
white waterlily	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
winter lotus	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
witwaterlelie	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
yunga	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ägyptische lotosblume	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
بشنين	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 28 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Nymphaea edulis (Salisb.) DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 52 (1821).
Castalia edulis Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 14 (1805).
Castalia lotus (L.) Tratt. Flora 5: 598 (1822).
Castalia mystica Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 14 (1805).
Castalia sacra Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 14 (1805).
Leuconymphaea lotus (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 11 (1891).
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. Mat. 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. Mat. Phys. Nat. 16: 321 (1873).
Nymphaea lotus angustata Casp. J. Sci. Mat. Phys. Nat. 16: 321 (1873).
Nymphaea lotus dentata (Schumach. & Thonn.) Casp. J. Sci. Mat. Phys. Nat. 16: 321 (1873).
Nymphaea lotus glabrescens Casp. J. Sci. Mat. Phys. Nat. 16: 321 (1873).
Nymphaea lotus lata Casp. J. Sci. Mat. 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. Mat. 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)
Nymphaea lotus	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Nymphaea lotus Auct	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Nymphaea lotus L.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Trop. W. Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants and Fungi Project (2015) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Nymphaea lotus Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Nymphæa lotus	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

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