Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.
Family: Nymphaeaceae
- Common name: Blue water lily, Blue lotus of India
- Bengali: Nil-sapla
- Chinese: 延药睡莲
- Deutsch: Stern-Seerose
- Finnish: Tähtilumme
- Hindi: Neelkamal नीलकमल
- Kannada: Nyadalehuvu
- Malayalam: Vellampel
- Manipuri: থরিক থরো Thariktharo
- Nepali: आफ्वः
- Persian: نیلوفر آبی ستارهای
- Russian: Звёздный лотос
- Swedish: Stjärnlotus
- Tamil: நீலாம்பல் Neelambal, நெய்தல் மலர் neithal malar
- Thai: บัวเผื่อน
- Vietnamese: susng lam
Description: Rhizomatous auatic herbs. rhizomes often producing long runners. Leaves alternate, elliptic or orbicular, elliptic-sagitate when young, entire or irregularly sinuate at margin, rounded-acute at apex, (6-) 10-35(-45) x (5-) 8-28(-40) cm, reddish purple beneath; main nerves 7-15, palmate; midnerve grooved above, prominently angled beneath; secondary nerves 4-7 pairs, slightly grooved above; petioles terete, 2-5 mm thick, glabrous. Flowers 6-14 cm across, slightly fragrant. Sepals lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 2.5-7.5 x 0.7-2.5 cm, green, streaked purple outside. Petals 8-15, elliptic-lanceolate, 2.5-6 x 0.5-1.2 cm, mauve. Stamens 20-60, yellow; outer ones 1.5-2.5 cm long; the inner shorter; connective appendages 1.5-3 mm long; anthers 0.5-1.5 cm long. Ovary urceolate, sunken, 10-20 loculed; ovules numerous on superficial placentae; stigmas 8-20, radiating, connate at base. Fruits globose, 1.5-3.5 cm, with remnants of sepals, petals and stamens; seeds ellipsoid-globose, 8-10 mm long, vertically fine-lined, ciliate on ribs, becoming glabrate with growth of aril.
12 Published articles of Nymphaea nouchali
1. In vitro antimicrobial activity and HPTLC analysis of hydroalcoholic seed extract of Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f.
Parimala, Mabel; Shoba, Francis Gricilda
BMC COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Volume: 14 Article Number: 361 Published: SEP 26 2014
2. In vitro antimicrobial activity and HPTLC analysis of hydroalcoholic seed extract of Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f.
Parimala, M.; Shoba, F. G.
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume: 14 Issue: 361 Pages: (26 September 2014) Published: 2014
3. Phytochemical analysis and in vitro antioxidant acitivity of hydroalcoholic seed extract of Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f.
Parimala, Mabel; Shoba, Francis Gricilda
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine Volume: 3 Issue: 11 Pages: 887-895 Published: NOV 2013
4. Antibacterial activity of Nymphaea nouchali (Burm. f) flower
Dash, Biplab Kumar; Sen, Monokesh Kumer; Alam, Khasrul; et al.
ANNALS OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND ANTIMICROBIALS Volume: 12 Article Number: 27 Published: OCT 7 2013
5. Morphology, viability, and germinability of pollen from two forms of Nymphaea nouchali var. versicolor, a day-blooming waterlily
Bodhipadma, Kitti; Noichinda, Sompoch; Thaiyanto, Panit; et al.
SCIENCEASIA Volume: 39 Issue: 2 Pages: 214-218 Published: APR 2013
6. Antibacterial activity of Nymphaea nouchali (Burm. f) flower.
Dash, B. K.; Sen, M. K.; Khasrul Alam; et al.
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials Volume: 12 Issue: 27 Pages: (7 October 2013) Published: 2013
7. Purification and characterization of a Ca2+-dependent novel lectin from Nymphaea nouchali tuber with antiproliferative activities
Kabir, Syed Rashel; Abu Zubair, Md.; Nurujjaman, Md.; et al.
BIOSCIENCE REPORTS Volume: 31 Issue: 6 Pages: 465-475 Published: DEC 2011
8. Nymphaea nouchali var. versicolor 'Bua Phuean': seed morphology and germination in vitro.
Bodhipadma, K.; Noichinda, S.; Wachirabongkoth, P.; et al.
Environment and Natural Resources Journal Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Pages: 19-25 Published: 2011
9. Megagametophyte development of Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f. (Nymphaeaceae)
Orban, I; Bouharmont, J
BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY Volume: 126 Issue: 4 Pages: 339-348 Published: APR 1998
10. DECOMPOSITION STUDIES ON 2 FLOATING LEAVED MACROPHYTES, NYMPHAEA-NOUCHALI AND NYMPHOIDES-INDICA, OF LAKE KONDAKARLA, INDIA
MURTY, KSN; SESHAVATHARAM, V
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INDIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-PLANT SCIENCES Volume: 99 Issue: 5 Pages: 473-483 Published: OCT 1989
11. LARGE SCALE CLEARANCE OF WATER LILY NYMPHAEA-NOUCHALI BURM. BY 2 4-D AND SUBSEQUENT MANAGEMENT OF THE PONDS THROUGH FISH CULTURE
PATNAIK S; DAS K M; PANI K C
Journal of the Inland Fisheries Society of India Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Pages: 57-62 Published: 1988
12. AUT ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON WEEDS OF WEST BENGAL INDIA PART 7 NYMPHAEA-NOUCHALI
DATTA S C; BISWAS K K
Bulletin of the Botanical Society of Bengal Volume: 31 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 129-138 Published: 1977
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