- Family : NYMPHAEACEAE
(Water-Lily Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : NEELKAMAL FAMILY (नीलकमल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : NYMPHAEACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Nymphaea rubra Roxb. ex Andrews
- Common name : Red WaterLily, Indian red waterlily
- Vernacular name : Kumud, Saluk (Marathi); Velutha ambal (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb (Aquatic)
- Habitat : Water bodies
- Comments / notes : Occasional. Similar to N.pubescens Willd. But differs mainly in colour of leaves, flowers and in being completely sterile. N.rubra Roxb. ex Andrews originally claimed to be a native of Bengal, never sets fruits in nature and appears to be an obligate apomictic species.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
- Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district
- Odisha : Cuttack district
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Yunnan, Taiwan, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, northeastern Australia and Papua New Guinea
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Nymphaea rubra. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.
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