Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Nelumbo nucifera
Scientific Name and Description
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
Herb Family
Plant type
Aquatic plant
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Nelumbium album Bercht. & J.Presl
Nelumbium asiaticum Rich.
Nelumbium caspium Eichw.
Nelumbium indicum Poir.
Nelumbium javanicum Poir.
Nelumbium nelumbo Druce
Nelumbium rheedei C.Presl
Nelumbium speciosum Willd.
Nelumbium tamara Sweet
Nelumbium transversum C.Presl
Nelumbium turbinatum Blanco
Nelumbo caspica Fisch.
Nelumbo caspica Schipcz.
Nelumbo indica Pers.
Nelumbo komarovii Grossh.
Nelumbo nucifera var. macrorhizomata Nakai
Nelumbo speciosa Willd.
Nelumbo speciosa var. alba F.M.Bailey
Nymphaea nelumbo L.
Tamara hemisphaerica Buch.-Ham. ex Pritz.
Nelumbium asiaticum Rich.
Nelumbium caspium Eichw.
Nelumbium indicum Poir.
Nelumbium javanicum Poir.
Nelumbium nelumbo Druce
Nelumbium rheedei C.Presl
Nelumbium speciosum Willd.
Nelumbium tamara Sweet
Nelumbium transversum C.Presl
Nelumbium turbinatum Blanco
Nelumbo caspica Fisch.
Nelumbo caspica Schipcz.
Nelumbo indica Pers.
Nelumbo komarovii Grossh.
Nelumbo nucifera var. macrorhizomata Nakai
Nelumbo speciosa Willd.
Nelumbo speciosa var. alba F.M.Bailey
Nymphaea nelumbo L.
Tamara hemisphaerica Buch.-Ham. ex Pritz.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Sanskrit | Kamal, Pushpa, abja, ambhoja, ambhoruha, ambhoruna, amboruha, ambuja, ambujanma, ambupadma, amburoha, amlana, aranala, aravinda, arvinda, bisakusuma, bisaprasuna, camala, cuseshaya, drishopadma, harivetra, indiralaya, induvara, jalajanma, kalhara, kamala, kamalam, kamalodbhavamrajah, kawar, kokonad, kunja, kusesaya, kusheshaya, kutapa, mabotpala, mahapadma, mahotpala, nala, nalika, nalina, padma, padmachari, padmadrajah, padmam, panceruba, pankaja, pankajam, pankeruha, pathoja, pundarika, pundra, pushcara, pushkara, puskara, putaka, rajiva, sabafrapatra, sahasrapatra, sahsrapatra, sarasa, sarasiruba, sarasiruha, sarojanma, saroruha, sarsija, sarsiruha, satapatra, sharada, sharapadma, shatapatra, shri, shriparna, shrivasa, shuklapadma, sitambuja, sujala, svetakamala, tamarasa, tra, tumarasa, vanashobhana, varisoha, visaprasuna |
| Hindi | Kamal, Bheema Kamal,ambuj, kamal, kamal-kakri, kanval, kanwal, lalkamal, padam |
| Tamil | Thamarai, acaiyapattipam, acaiyappattiram, aciyapattiarm, akiyapattiram, allakam, ambal, ampala, ampo, ampocam, ampocayoni, ampucam, ampucani, ampucanmam, ampucatam, ampucini, ampunecam, ampuracam, ampurecam, ampuru, amputam, ampuyakkoti, ampuyam, ampuyatam, anikini#, anikini, appucam, arantam, arappatumam, arpakantam, arpatumam, arukanvakanam, arunakamalam, arunkalaccevvital, aunikam, ayamalar, aymalar, caccatam, calacanam, calacanmam, calacappu, calacarakkuli, calakankakkoti, calakankam1, calakarankam, calarukakkoti, calarukam, calcam, calilikam, cantiram, caracakkoti, caracam2, caracijam, caracirukam, caravanam1, carocini, carokkam, carokulam, catalam, catapattiram@, catapatumam, catippakitakkoti, catippakitam, cattalam, catti, cattika, cattikakkoti, caturaccakan, cekkamalar, cenkalam, centamarai, ceppilai, ceyyatamarai, cirukam, cirukam, citalam, citampocam, citampucam, cittetan, civacattipakirtan, comakkiyam, copanam, cuceyam, cultalai#, cultalai, curiyanatpu, elimanai, ellimanai, intai, iracacupakkoti, iracacuyam, iracalam, iraciyam, iramapiriyam, iramappiriyam#, iramappiriyam, iramappiriyam, irampu, iratacanniyakam, iratikantal, iratikantan, irattacantiyakam, irattacantiyakam, irattacarorukam, irattakamalam, irattakkumutam, irattakokanam, irattakumutam, irattalamutam, irattamantalam, irattorpalam2, iravikantam, irciyam, jalacam, kacam, kamalam, kamalini, kancam1, kancamalar, kancankoti, kantokakkoti, kantokam, kantotam, karkam, katirppari, kauravakkoti, kauravam, kokanakam, kokanakam, kokayam, makorpalakkoti, makorpalam, malunti, maraikkoti, matanalam, mirinalam, mirunalakkoti, mirunalam, mirunali, mirunarakkoti, mirunaram, mirunarram, mirutalakkoti, mirutalam, muntakakkoti, muntakam, nalaki, nalaki, nalakikkoti, nalalmatu, nalam, nalikam, nalini, nalitam, nallatamarai, naticam, naticam, nattuttamarai, nicakaci, nicakacikkoti, nirmelcevvanti, nirmelpaccilai, nirnatittamarai, nirniti, nirorukakkoti, nirorukam, palututainayakam, panikam, panikkanci, panikkancikkoti, pankacam, pankacatam, pankacatamakkoti, pankacatamam, pankarukam, pankatam, pankecam, pankeram, panmam, pannaci, parparakam, patmam, patocam, patotam, patumakam, patumanalakkoti, ponmanai, potu, poykainari, poykainarinir, puntaram , puntarikam , putpan, rattorpalam, shivappu-tamarai, sivapputamarai, tamaracam, tamarai, tamarai(red), tamarai-k-kilanku, tamaram, tamaray, tamaray kalung, tantamarai, tantar, tantulam, tanturam, tarutam, tarutam#, tarutam, tevanam, thaamarai, thamarai, tikkayam, tirumalarkkoti, tirumalkompar, tirumalunti, totakam, toyacam, tunaparicam, urocanai, urocani#, urokani, vacanakkoti, vacanam, vanacakkoti, vanacopanam, vanicam, vannivannam, vantuni, vantunikkoti, varicam#, varicam, varikam , vaucikakkoti, vaucikam, ventamarai, vicappicuranam, vicappiracunam, vicaputpam, vintu , vintukam , visaputpam |
| Bengali | Padma, Kamal |
| English | chinese arrowroot, chinese water lily, egyptian bean, indian lotus, padma, sacred lotus |
| Kannada | kamala, tavare, tavaribija, tavarigadde, thaavare |
| Malayalam | aravindam, bem-tamara, bemtamara, centamara, tamara, ventamara |
| Marathi | kamal, kamala |
| Telugu | damara, erra-tamara, erratamara, errathaamara, kalung, kamalam, kamalamu, padmamu, pundreekamu, soungadhikamu, tamara, thaamara, thaamara puvvu, thella thaamara, thellane padmanu |
| Tibetan | pa dma dkar po, pa dma dmar po, u-tpa-la |
| Urdu | nilufer |
| Common names | sacred lotus, Indian lotus, simply lotus, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Phytochemicals
Herb usable parts
Rhizome
Leaves
Flowers
Fruits
Seeds
Whole plant
Bulb
Ethnopharmacology use
Antidote for : Scorpion sting
Part used : Leaf
Formulations and application : Fresh leaf juice is applied on scorpion sting. It acts as an antidote.
Source: Antidote: Medicinal plants - Dr. Shivamanjunatha MP - JMPS 2022; 10(1): 139-143
Botanical name : Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner
Family : Nelumbonaceae
Part used : Leaf
Antidote for : Scorpion sting
Formulations and application : Fresh leaf juice is applied on scorpion sting. It acts as an antidote.
Source: Antidote: Medicinal plants - Dr. Shivamanjunatha MP - JMPS 2022; 10(1): 139-143
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. Kamal Nymphacocese Herb Stem Alkaloids, Flavonoids
References
Literature
Literature
Mukti and Rahmatullah 2013
Antidote: Medicinal plants - Dr. Shivamanjunatha MP - JMPS 2022; 10(1): 139-143
FLORA OF ASSAM Author - KANJILAL & BOR
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Citations
Herb citations
WFO (2024): Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000382378. Accessed on: 10 May 2024
Nelumbo nucifera. (2024, June 11). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera