- Family : NYMPHAEACEAE
(WATER-LILY FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Nymphaeaceae
- Species : Nymphaea nouchali
- Synonym : Nymphaea stellata Willd.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.
- Common name : Star Water Lily, Blue Water-Lily
- Vernacular name : Neel padma, Neel kamal (Hin.); Naidile, Neela thavare (Kan.); Alli (Tam.); Neeti kalura, Nalla kaluva (Tel.); Nilkain, Subdikain, Padma (Ori.); Kumudam (San.)
- Key identification features : A perennial aquatic herb with large circular floating leaves. Leaf margin is toothed. Flowers are large (8-10 cm across), fragrant, showy and open throughout the day.
- Habit : Herb-Aquatic
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
- Native : Tropical Africa, Asia, Australia
- Comments : Common in lakes and ponds in Eastern Ghats.
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
- World Distribution : Africa, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, New Guinea, Philippines and Indonesia
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Nymphaea nouchali. Downloaded on 30 June 2024.
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