Common products:
Scientific research materials (live plants, tissue samples, and herbarium specimens) serve as model organisms for developmental, physiological, and ecological studies. Seed banks maintain germplasm for conservation and research purposes.

Industrial and craft applications:
No significant industrial or craft applications are documented for this species.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
No culinary uses are documented for this species in contemporary food production systems.

Colorants and tanning:
No documented use as a source of dyes, pigments, or tannins.

Wood and fiber:
As an aquatic herbaceous plant, it does not produce timber or fiber suitable for commercial use.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No documented use in fragrance or cosmetic formulations.

Properties relevant to use:
The species exhibits adaptations typical of aquatic plants including aerenchyma tissue for oxygen transport, specialized floating leaves with hydrophobic surfaces, and flowers with thermogenic properties. These characteristics make it valuable for research into aquatic plant physiology and floral development mechanisms.

Standards and regulation:
Research collections and field studies are governed by botanical garden conservation protocols and wetland protection regulations in native ranges.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Wild populations face habitat degradation from wetland destruction and invasive species competition. Conservation status varies by region, with some populations protected under wetland conservation programs. Cultivated specimens from botanical gardens provide sustainable sources for research while reducing pressure on wild populations.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Nymphaea minor	DC.	Syst. Nat. 2: 58 (1821)
Nymphaea maximiliani	Lehm.	Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 9: 215 (1853)
Nymphaea reniformis	Walter	Fl. Carol. : 155 (1788)
Leuconymphaea reniformis	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 11 (1891)
Leuconymphaea odorata	MacMill.	Metasp. Minnesota Valley : 228 (1892)
Leuconymphaea parkeriana	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 11 (1891)
Castalia alba	(L.) Wood	Cycl. 6: n.º 2 (1806)
Castalia lekophylla	Small	Man. S.E. Fl. : 543 (1933)
Castalia minor	(DC.) Nyár.	Bul. Grad. Bot. Univ. Cluj 15: 27 (1935 publ. 1936)
Castalia odorata	(Aiton) Wood	Cycl. 6: n.º 7 (1806)
Castalia odorata var. gigantea	(Tricker ex Conard) Fernald	Rhodora 10: 49 (1908)
Castalia pringlei	Rose	Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 94 (1906)
Castalia pudica	Salisb.	Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 72 (1806)
Castalia reniformis	(Walter) Branner & Coville	Rep. (Annual) Arkansas Geol. Surv. 1888, 4: 164. 1891
Nymphaea odorata var. gigantea	Tricker	Water Garden : 88 (1897)
Nymphaea odorata var. stenopetala	Fernald	Rhodora 49: 141 (1947)
Castalia minor	(Sims) DC. ex Small	Man. S.E. Fl. 543 1933
Nymphaea odorata var. minor	Sims in Curtis	Bot. Mag. 40: t. 1652 (1814)
Nymphaea odorata var. rosea	Pursh	Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 369 (1813)
Nymphaea lekophylla	(Small) Cory	Rhodora 38: 406 (1936)
Nymphaea parkeriana	Lehm.	Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis) 1853: 10 (1853)
Nymphaea odorata var. glabra	Casp. in Miq.	Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 250 (1866)
Nymphaea odorata var. villosa	Casp. in Miq.	Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 250 (1866)
Castalia odorata var. latifolia	R.M.Harper	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 329 (1903)
Castalia odorata var. minor	(Sims) Cockerell	Muhlenbergia 3: 145. 1908

Common names Top

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	american white waterlily
English	beaver root
English	fragrant water-lily
English	sweet-scented water lily
English	white water lily
Arabic	الزنبق الأمريكي الأبيض
German	wohlriechende seerose
Persian	نیلوفر آبی بیدستر
French	nymphée odorante
Punjab	مشکی اپسرا
Russian	Кувшинка душистая
Swedish	doftnäckros
Tamil	குவளை
Chinese	香睡莲
Chinese	香睡蓮

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Name	Authority	First published in
Nymphaea odorata subsp. tuberosa	(Paine) Wiersema & Hellq.	Rhodora 96: 170 (1994)
Nymphaea odorata subsp. odorata		Unknown

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

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Forms (abbr. f.) Top

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct

- Introduced

- Native

Europe click to expand
- Middle Europe
  - Germany

Northern America click to expand
- Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick
  - Newfoundland
  - Nova Scotia
  - Ontario
  - Prince Edward Island
  - Québec
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central
  - Mexico Gulf
  - Mexico Northeast
  - Mexico Southwest
- North-central U.S.A.
  - Illinois
  - Iowa
  - Kansas
  - Minnesota
  - Missouri
  - Nebraska
  - Oklahoma
  - Wisconsin
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut
  - Indiana
  - Maine
  - Massachusetts
  - Michigan
  - New Hampshire
  - New Jersey
  - New York
  - Ohio
  - Pennsylvania
  - Rhode Island
  - Vermont
  - West Virginia
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado
  - Idaho
  - Montana
  - Oregon
  - Washington
- South-central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico
  - Texas
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama
  - Arkansas
  - Delaware
  - District Of Columbia
  - Florida
  - Georgia
  - Kentucky
  - Louisiana
  - Maryland
  - Mississippi
  - North Carolina
  - South Carolina
  - Tennessee
  - Virginia
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona
  - California
  - Nevada
  - Utah
- Western Canada
  - British Columbia
  - Manitoba
  - Saskatchewan

Southern America click to expand
- Brazil
  - Brazil North
  - Brazil South
  - Brazil Southeast
- Caribbean
  - Bahamas
  - Cuba
  - Puerto Rico
- Central America
  - El Salvador
  - Honduras
  - Nicaragua
- Northern South America
  - Guyana
  - Suriname

Links to other databases Top

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0001086844
UNII	SQ5139HG41
Florida Plant Atlas	2277
Flora of Alabama	2706
Canadensys	6721
USDA Plants	NYOD
Tropicos	22600004
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:171201-2
The Plant List	tro-22600004
Open Tree Of Life	583519
NCBI Taxonomy	4419
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0200002714
Nature Serve	2.149765
IUCN Red List	64318950
IPNI	171201-2
iNaturalist	51119
GBIF	2882412
Freebase	/m/03h45kd
WisFlora	4342
EPPO	NYMOR
EOL	596468
Calflora (Californian flora)	5876
USDA GRIN	410492
Wikipedia	Nymphaea_odorata
Plantarium	48043

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Antiprotozoal Activity of Plants Used in the Management of Sleeping Sickness in Angola and Bioactivity-Guided Fractionation of Brasenia schreberi J.F.Gmel and Nymphaea lotus L. Active against T. b. rhodesiense

Vahekeni N, Brillatz T, Rahmaty M, Cal M, Keller-Maerki S, Rocchetti R, Kaiser M, Sax S, Mattli K, Wolfram E, Marcourt L, Queiroz EF, Wolfender JL, Mäser P

Molecules

03-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11013945
doi:	10.3390/molecules29071611
PMID:	38611890

Metabolomics Combined with Correlation Analysis Revealed the Differences in Antioxidant Activities of Lotus Seeds with Varied Cultivars

Yu X, Wang Y, Yan X, Leng T, Xie J, Yu Q, Chen Y

Foods

01-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11011491
doi:	10.3390/foods13071084
PMID:	38611388

Broad Chain-Length Specificity of the Alkane-Forming Enzymes NoCER1A and NoCER3A/B in Nymphaea odorata

Kojima H, Yamamoto K, Suzuki T, Hayakawa Y, Niwa T, Tokuhiro K, Katahira S, Higashiyama T, Ishiguro S

Plant Cell Physiol

09-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC11020225
doi:	10.1093/pcp/pcad168
PMID:	38174441

Flavonoid Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Tragia volubilis L. Methanolic Extract

Romero-Benavides JC, Atiencie-Valarezo NC, Duarte-Casar R

Plants (Basel)

31-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10490261
doi:	10.3390/plants12173139
PMID:	37687385

Extraction Optimization, Characterization and Biological Activities of Polysaccharide Extracts from Nymphaea hybrid

Liu HM, Tang W, Lei SN, Zhang Y, Cheng MY, Liu QL, Wang W

Int J Mol Sci

18-May-2023

PMCID:	PMC10219293
doi:	10.3390/ijms24108974
PMID:	37240320

Bioactive Compounds from Kalanchoe Genus Potentially Useful for the Development of New Drugs

Nascimento LB, Casanova LM, Costa SS

Life (Basel)

26-Feb-2023

PMCID:	PMC10058616
doi:	10.3390/life13030646
PMID:	36983802

Physicochemical properties and homology studies of the floral meristem identity gene LFY in nonflowering and flowering plants

Thekkeveedu RP, Hegde S

BioTechnologia (Pozn)

29-Jun-2022

PMCID:	PMC9642948
doi:	10.5114/bta.2022.116205
PMID:	36606070

Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa

Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT

Plants (Basel)

23-May-2022

PMCID:	PMC9143319
doi:	10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:	35631812

Isolation, Characterization, and Metabolic Profiling of Ceratorhiza hydrophila from the Aquatic Plant Myriophyllum spicatum

Elsaba YM, Boroujerdi A, Abdelsalam A

Mycobiology

21-Apr-2022

PMCID:	PMC9068000
doi:	10.1080/12298093.2022.2059889
PMID:	35571857

Ribes fasciculatum Ameliorates High-Fat-Diet-Induced Obesity by Elevating Peripheral Thermogenic Signaling

Lee Y, Park YJ, Lee B, Park E, Kim H, Choi CW, Kim MS

Molecules

02-Mar-2022

PMCID:	PMC8911937
doi:	10.3390/molecules27051649
PMID:	35268752

Role of Glycation in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Its Prevention through Nymphaea Species

Ishrat N, Khan H, Patel OP, Mahdi AA, Mujeeb F, Ahmad S

Biomed Res Int

27-Oct-2021

PMCID:	PMC8566071
doi:	10.1155/2021/7240046
PMID:	34746307

Anti-Cancer Potential of Afzelin towards AGS Gastric Cancer Cells

Radziejewska I, Supruniuk K, Czarnomysy R, Buzun K, Bielawska A

Pharmaceuticals (Basel)

25-Sep-2021

PMCID:	PMC8539446
doi:	10.3390/ph14100973
PMID:	34681197

Expression and Functional Analyses of Nymphaea caerulea MADS-Box Genes Contribute to Clarify the Complex Flower Patterning of Water Lilies

Moschin S, Nigris S, Ezquer I, Masiero S, Cagnin S, Cortese E, Colombo L, Casadoro G, Baldan B

Front Plant Sci

22-Sep-2021

PMCID:	PMC8492926
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2021.730270
PMID:	34630477

Pollen Germination and Pollen Tube Growth in Gymnosperms

Breygina M, Klimenko E, Schekaleva O

Plants (Basel)

26-Jun-2021

PMCID:	PMC8309077
doi:	10.3390/plants10071301
PMID:	34206892

Anti–SARS-CoV-2 Natural Products as Potentially Therapeutic Agents

Kim CH

Front Pharmacol

27-May-2021

PMCID:	PMC8194829
doi:	10.3389/fphar.2021.590509
PMID:	34122058

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Lignan glycosides
(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-2-[4-[(1R,2S)-1,3-dihydroxy-2-[4-(3-hydroxypropyl)-2,6-dimethoxyphenoxy]propyl]-2-methoxyphenoxy]-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol	163026274	Click to see	554.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-2-[4-[(1S,2R)-1,3-dihydroxy-2-[4-(3-hydroxypropyl)-2,6-dimethoxyphenoxy]propyl]-2-methoxyphenoxy]-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol	163026275	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=C(C=C(C=C2)C(C(CO)OC3=C(C=C(C=C3OC)CCCO)OC)O)OC)O)O)O	554.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
2-[4-[1,3-Dihydroxy-2-[4-(3-hydroxypropyl)-2,6-dimethoxyphenoxy]propyl]-2-methoxyphenoxy]-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol	85097586	Click to see	554.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Saccharolipids
[6-Methyl-5-(2-methylpropanoyloxy)-2-[[4,5,23-trihydroxy-24-(hydroxymethyl)-6-methyl-20-oxo-10-pentyl-2,7,9,21,25-pentaoxatricyclo[20.3.1.03,8]hexacosan-26-yl]oxy]-4-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-3-yl] 2-methylbutanoate	78412972	Click to see CCCCCC1CCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC2C(C(OC(C2OC3C(C(C(C(O3)C)OC(=O)C(C)C)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)C)O)O)O)OC(=O)C(C)CC)OC5C(C(C(OC5O1)C)O)O)CO)O	1009.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / 2-arylbenzofuran flavonoids
(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-2-[4-[(2R,3R)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(3-hydroxypropyl)-7-methoxy-2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-2-yl]-2-methoxyphenoxy]-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol	158183402	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=C(C=C(C=C2)C3C(C4=C(O3)C(=CC(=C4)CCCO)OC)CO)OC)O)O)O	506.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
Icariside E4	21589939	Click to see	506.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols
Myricetin	5281672	Click to see C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O	318.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6S)-6-[5,7-dihydroxy-4-oxo-2-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)chromen-3-yl]oxy-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]methyl acetate	101068307	Click to see CC(=O)OCC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=C(OC3=CC(=CC(=C3C2=O)O)O)C4=CC(=C(C(=C4)O)O)O)O)O)O	522.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyran-3-yl 6-deoxyhexopyranoside	5353915	Click to see	448.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6S)-6-[[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6S)-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4-[(2S,3S,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxychromen-4-one	154497325	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(OC(C2O)OCC3C(C(C(C(O3)OC4=C(OC5=CC(=CC(=C5C4=O)O)O)C6=CC(=C(C=C6)O)O)O)O)O)C)O)O)O)O	756.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-[(2S,3S,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one	12047524	Click to see	432.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
5,7-Dihydroxy-3-(3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-Methyloxan-2-Yl)Oxy-2-(3,4,5-Trihydroxyphenyl)Chromen-4-One	5352000	Click to see	464.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
6''-Acetylhyperin	25230434	Click to see CC(=O)OCC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=C(OC3=CC(=CC(=C3C2=O)O)O)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)O)O)O)O	506.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
Afzelin	5316673	Click to see	432.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
Myricetin 3-(6-acetylgalactoside)	131751771	Click to see	522.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
Myricetin 3-beta-D-glucopyranoside	12311099	Click to see C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O	480.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
Myricetin 3-O-galactoside	5491408	Click to see	480.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
Myricitrin	5281673	Click to see	464.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
Npc318533	5835713	Click to see	432.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
Quercetin-3-O-glucosyl-6''-acetate	15596585	Click to see	506.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J
Quercitrin	5280459	Click to see	448.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP020442J

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Nymphaea odorata

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Details Top

Ethnobotanical Use Top

General Uses Top

Synonyms Top

Common names Top

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Links to other databases Top

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Phytochemical Profile Top

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