Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Nymphaea odorata
Scientific Name and Description
Nymphaea odorata Aiton
Herb Family
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common names | American white waterlily, fragrant water-lily, beaver root, fragrant white water lily, white water lily, sweet-scented white water lily,sweet-scented water lily, |
| Sanskrit | raktotpala |
| Tamil | allakam, calerukam, caupakkiyam, cavikarpavakkoti, cavikarpavam, cenkalunir, cenkuvalai, centonri, ciracenkalunir, cirini, intiva, irakaciyamakkoti, irakaciyamam, iramapattini, iramapattinikkoti, irattanalam, irattanati, irattorpalam, kekkaricam, kentarakam, kuvalayam, kuvantam, murapam, neyccatti, neytal, nilavamiyam, picumantam, piramarestam, rommuka, rommukakkuvalai, sengashunir, shengalaneer kalung, tamacenkamalam, tevakantam, tevapucaippu, tevapujaippu, turttayakkoti, turttayam, unampal, utampal, utavalli, viputarkantam |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
AGATHYAR VAIDYA KAVIYUM - 1500 Author - V.R. MADAVAN
DICTIONARY OF TREES AND PLANTS VOL-1 Author - MUNIVER P. MADHAVAN AND MUNIVER H.CHITHIRAPUTHIRAN
MATERIA INDICA Author - WHITELAW AINSLIE
THE HANDBOOK OF INDIAN MEDICINE THE GEMS OF SIDDHA SYSTEM Author - T.G. RAMAMURTHI IYER
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Nymphaea odorata. (2024, March 29). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea_odorata