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Plant Details

Accepted name: 
Nymphaea lotus L. [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World Checklist: unpublished records ( Two stars out of three )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 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 (Kew, 1999)
ampal 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)
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 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)
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)
nilufar 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)