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Internal ID UUID643ff6794ee4e443838812
Scientific name Nymphaea nouchali
Authority Burm.f.
First published in Flora Indica 1768

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Nymphaea voalefoka Lat.-Marl. Gard. Chron. , ser. 3, 4: 236 (1888)
Nymphaea sumatrana Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. : 387 (1861)
Nymphaea stellata Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 2: 1153 (1799)
Nymphaea membranacea Wall. ex Casp. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 245 (1866)
Nymphaea rhodantha Lehm. Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 9: 214 (1853)
Nymphaea henkeliana Rehnelt Nymphaeaceen : 56 (1907)
Nymphaea cyanea Roxb. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 125 (1831)
Leuconymphaea stellata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 11 (1891)
Castalia acutiloba (DC.) Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 334 (1931)
Castalia stellaris Salisb. Parad. Lond. i. sub t. 14.
Castalia stellata Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 49 (1825)
Nymphaea stellata var. cyanea (Roxb.) Hook.f. & Thomson Fl. Ind. 1: 243 (1855)
Nymphaea stellata var. parviflora Hook.f. & Thomson Fl. Ind. [Hooker f. & Thomson] 1: 243. 1855
Nymphaea hookeriana Lehm. Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 9: 213 (1853)
Nymphaea acutiloba DC. Prodr. 1: 116 (1824)
Nymphaea nouchali var. cyanea (Hook.f. & Thomson) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 1: 28 (1996)

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Language Common/alternative name
English blue water lily
English red water lily
English star lotus
Spanish nymphaea stellata
Arabic نيلوفر نوشالي
Bengali তারা শাপলা
Bengali শাপলা
Bengali সাদা শাপলা
Catalan nymphaea stellata
Czech leknín hvězdový
German stern-seerose
Persian نیلوفر آبی قرمز و آبی
Persian نیلوفر آبی ستارهای
Persian نیلوفر ابی ستاره ای
Persian نیلوفر آبی ستاره ای
Finnish tähtilumme
Hebrew נימפאה תכולה
Hindi नीलकमल
Khmer ផ្កាឈូក
Malagasy voahirana
Malayalam ആമ്പൽ
Malay nymphaea stellata
Malay telipuk merah
Malay telepok merah
Malay tunjung mas
Burmese ကြာညို
new आफ्वः
Dutch නිල් මානෙල්
Punjab نیل کنول
Russian Звёздный лотос
Sinhala නිල් මානෙල්
Swedish stjärnlotus
Tamil நெய்தல் மலர்
Thai บัวเผื่อน
Chinese 藍睡蓮
Chinese 延药睡莲

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Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea (Savigny) Verdc. Fl. Trop. E. Africa , Nymphaeac.: 7 (1989)
Nymphaea nouchali var. mutandaensis Verdc. Fl. Trop. E. Africa , Nymphaeac.: 10 (1989)
Nymphaea nouchali var. ovalifolia (Conard) Verdc. Fl. Trop. E. Africa , Nymphaeac.: 9 (1989)
Nymphaea nouchali var. petersiana (Klotzsch) Verdc. Fl. Trop. E. Africa , Nymphaeac.: 11 (1989)
Nymphaea nouchali var. versicolor R.Ansari & Jeeja Waterlilies India : 56 (2009)
Nymphaea nouchali var. zanzibariensis (Casp.) Verdc. Fl. Trop. E. Africa , Nymphaeac.: 10 (1989)

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- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Middle Atlantic Ocean
      • Ascension
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Egypt
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Congo
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Oman
      • Yemen
    • China
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Hainan
    • Eastern Asia
      • Taiwan
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Palestine
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands
      • Cambodia
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Malaya
      • Philippines
      • Sumatera
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
    • New Zealand
      • New Zealand North
  • Pacific
    • South-central Pacific
      • Cook Islands
      • Society Islands
      • Tubuai Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000382053
UNII Q4KPL3TP2B
Tropicos 22600145
INPN 448487
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:605643-1
The Plant List kew-2384389
Open Tree Of Life 61766
Observations.org 465655
NCBI Taxonomy 58040
IUCN Red List 168917
IPNI 605643-1
iNaturalist 321501
GBIF 7326947
Freebase /m/0660z7b
EPPO NYMST
Elurikkus 588856
USDA GRIN 402222
Wikipedia Nymphaea_nouchali

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Scientific Literature Top

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Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants and their utilization by indigenous and local communities of Dugda District, Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia Oda BK, Lulekal E, Warkineh B, Asfaw Z, Debella A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 09-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10924356
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00665-0
PMID:38461267
Phytochemical screening, antioxidant activity of selected methanolic plant extracts and their detoxification capabilities against AFB1 toxicity Kongolo Kalemba MR, Makhuvele R, Njobeh PB Heliyon 11-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10835242
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24435
PMID:38312698
Ethnobotanical study on edible flowers in Xishuangbanna, China Zhang Q, Cheng Z, Fan Y, Zhang D, Wang M, Zhang J, Sommano S, Wu X, Long C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 30-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10542681
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00608-1
PMID:37777741
Phosphodiesterase 5 and Arginase Inhibitory Activities of the Extracts from Some Members of Nelumbonaceae and Nymphaeaceae Families Panklai T, Suphrom N, Temkitthawon P, Totoson P, Chootip K, Yang XL, Ge HM, Yao ZJ, Chaichamnong N, Ingkaninan K, Girard C Molecules 02-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10420992
doi:10.3390/molecules28155821
PMID:37570790
HPTLC and GC–MS finger-printing of two potential multifunctional siddha tailams: Mathan and maha megarajanga tailam Senthilnathan S, Jayaraman S, Priya Veeraraghavan V, Masood Khan J, Ahmed MZ, Ahmad A, Gnanamani A Saudi J Biol Sci 01-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10276281
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103700
PMID:37333677
Nutritional composition of some wild edible plants consumed in Southwest Ethiopia Yimer A, Forsido SF, Addis G, Ayelign A Heliyon 23-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10220415
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16541
PMID:37251480
Do carbon stocks and floristic diversity of tropical homegardens vary along an elevational gradient and based on holding size in central Kerala, India? Kumar BM Agrofor Syst 07-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10081327
doi:10.1007/s10457-023-00821-7
PMID:37193256
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Therapeutic Potential of Phenolic Compounds in Medicinal Plants—Natural Health Products for Human Health Sun W, Shahrajabian MH Molecules 15-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9960276
doi:10.3390/molecules28041845
PMID:36838831
Cytotoxic and chemomodulatory effects of Phyllanthus niruri in MCF-7 and MCF-7ADR breast cancer cells Abdel-Sattar OE, Allam RM, Al-Abd AM, Avula B, Katragunta K, Khan IA, El-Desoky AM, Mohamed SO, El-Halawany A, Abdel-Sattar E, Meselhy MR Sci Rep 15-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9932073
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-29566-0
PMID:36792619
Antioxidant Potential-Rich Betel Leaves (Piper betle L.) Exert Depigmenting Action by Triggering Autophagy and Downregulating MITF/Tyrosinase In Vitro and In Vivo Alam MB, Park NH, Song BR, Lee SH Antioxidants (Basel) 03-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9952209
doi:10.3390/antiox12020374
PMID:36829933
Growth of water hyacinth biomass and its impact on the floristic composition of aquatic plants in a wetland ecosystem of the Brahmaputra floodplain of Assam, India Lahon D, Sahariah D, Debnath J, Nath N, Meraj G, Farooq M, Kanga S, Singh SK, Chand K PeerJ 03-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9901310
doi:10.7717/peerj.14811
PMID:36755867
A systematic analysis of anti-diabetic medicinal plants from cells to clinical trials Omale S, Amagon KI, Johnson TO, Bremner SK, Gould GW PeerJ 05-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9826616
doi:10.7717/peerj.14639
PMID:36627919
Plants as Modulators of Melanogenesis: Role of Extracts, Pure Compounds and Patented Compositions in Therapy of Pigmentation Disorders Merecz-Sadowska A, Sitarek P, Stelmach J, Zajdel K, Kucharska E, Zajdel R Int J Mol Sci 26-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9736547
doi:10.3390/ijms232314787
PMID:36499134
Antioxidant and antimicrobial potential of water lily extracts and their effects on the quality of frozen Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fillets Dulal MA, Jahan I, Rasul MG, Islam MR, Khan M, Shah AK Food Sci Nutr 01-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9834888
doi:10.1002/fsn3.3084
PMID:36655067

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