Nymphaea alba L.

 
  • Family : NYMPHAEACEAE
    (Water-Lily Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NEELKAMAL FAMILY (नीलकमल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Nymphaeaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Castalia biradiata (Sommier) Hayek; Castalia speciosa Salisb.; Leuconymphaea alba (L.) Kuntze; Nymphaea basniniana Turcz.; Nymphaea biradiata Sommier; Nymphaea erythrocarpa Hentze; Nymphaea exumbonata Rupr.; Nymphaea kosteletzkyi Lehm.; Nymphaea melocarpa (Casp.) Asch. & Graebn.; Nymphaea milletii Boreau; Nymphaea minoriflora (Simonk.) Wissjul.; Nymphaea neglecta Hausl.; Nymphaea officinalis Gaterau; Nymphaea parviflora Hentze; Nymphaea permixta Boreau; Nymphaea polystigma E.H.L.Krause; Nymphaea rotundifolia Hentze; Nymphaea splendens Hentze; Nymphaea suaveolens Dumort.; Nymphaea urceolata Hentze; Nymphaea venusta Hentze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Nymphaea alba L.
  • Common name : Nilofar, Romanian White Waterlily, Eurpoean white water lily, White water lily
  • Vernacular name :
    • Swetshaluk (Bengali)
    • Tharo-angouba (Manipuri)
    • Kumuda, Utpalam (Sanskrit)
    • Neytarkilanku, Neytal, Neitharkizhangu (Tamil)
    • Nilofar, Gule (Urdu)
    • Brimposh (Kashmiri)
  • Habit : Rhizomatous auatic herb
  • Habitat : Cultivated and naturalized in ponds and lakes.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Europe to West Himalaya, North-West Africa
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Europe to West Himalaya, North-West Africa, Bangladesh, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China Southeast, India, Myanmar, New Zealand North, New Zealand South
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 71
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Nymphaea alba. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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