Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Nymphaea pubescens
Scientific Name and Description
Nymphaea pubescens Willd.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Nymphaea lotus HOOK. F.( NON L).
Nymphaea pubescens WILLD.
Nymphaea rubra ROXB. EX ANDREWS
Castalia pubescens (Willd.) Wood
Nymphaea lotus var. pubescens (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson
Nymphaea devoniensis Hook.
Nymphaea purpurea Rehnelt & F.Henkel
Nymphaea semisterilis Lehm.
Nymphaea pubescens WILLD.
Nymphaea rubra ROXB. EX ANDREWS
Castalia pubescens (Willd.) Wood
Nymphaea lotus var. pubescens (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson
Nymphaea devoniensis Hook.
Nymphaea purpurea Rehnelt & F.Henkel
Nymphaea semisterilis Lehm.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | egyptian lotus |
| Hindi | bhenght, chota kanval, kamal, kanval, koi, koka, kokka, krishna-kamal, kumudini, nilofar |
| Kannada | bile-naidilay, bile-tavaray, bilenaydilie, biletavare, kannaidele, kannaidile, kendaavare, kole hoo, neela naidile, neela thaavare, neela thavare |
| Malayalam | ambel, ampal, cit-ambel, neerampal, vellanpal |
| Marathi | kamal, krishna-kamal, krishnakamal, laal kamal, lal-kamal, lalakamal, raktakamal, saalaka, salak |
| Sanskrit | alagandha, alipriya, alohita, alpapatra, anda, aravinda, arunakamala, bhadra, charunalaka, cumuda, hallaka, indivara, kalharamu, kamala, kokanada, krishnakktotpala, kumuda, kumudam, kunalaya, nilotpala, raktakairava, raktakalhara, raktakamala, raktakumuda, raktambhoja, raktasandhyaka, raktasaroruha, raktavarija, raktavarna, raktotpal, raktotpala, ravipriya, rochana, sandhyaka, shonapadma, somakhya, utpala |
| Tamil | alacam, alakam, allacikkoti, allai, allari, alli, alli mulam, alli ver, alliri, allitamarai, allittamarai, ampal, ampar, ariyakacakkoti, ariyakacam, ataivu, atti, cacampariyam, cacampiriyakkoti, cacampiriyam, cacippiriyam, cantirakantam#, cantirakantam, cantirakanti, cantirakantimulam, caukantikam, cauntiriyam, cayaka, cayakakkoti, cayam, cevvampal, cikorakam, ciriyaputpam, citalakam , comapantu, ilapetaki, indiravacham, intiravacam, intiravamam , intukamalam, iramakkaruni, itciyakam, iyakkurotakkoti, iyakkurotam , kan , karttapam, karttavam, karuneythal, katirppakai, kavelam, kaya , kotiyampal, kulai, kulavampal, kumutaki, kumutakikkoti, kumutastam, kuvalakam, kuvalayam , kuvam, kuvelam, kuvelayam, mulakkoti, nedel kalung, neithal, neytar kilanku, nicakacam, nicapuspam, nicaputpam, nikacakakkoti, nikacakam, nikacam, nilotpalam, nirkkamalli, pakarvili, pakarvilikkoti, pennaracukkoti, punnakam , raivatakkoti, raivatam, tarpalam, tavalorpalam, tikkayam, tuvicatam, vellaialli, vellaiyallikkoti, vellambal, vellampal, venalli, venkumutakkoti, venkumutam |
| Telugu | alli kaada, allikada, chandova, changaluva, chitti kaluva, erra kaluva, errakuluva, indeevaramu, indivara, kalava puvvu, kaluva, kaluvva poovu, nalla kalava, nallani padmamu, neeti tamara, tellakaluva, thaamara, thellakalava |
| Tibetan | u tpa la dmar po |
| Urdu | gul nih far, gul nilofar, nilofar |
| Common names | hairy water lily, pink water-lily |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Roots
Leaves
Flowers
Ethnopharmacology use
Nymphaea pubescens Willd. Aquatic perennial herb Leaves, flower, root Chronic leucorrhea; black and foul odor of menstrual blood General; women Mukti and Rahmatullah 2013
References
Literature
Literature
Mukti and Rahmatullah 2013
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 1 Author - ED. B.D. SHARMA & M.SANJAPPA , N.P. BALAKRISHNAN
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
Flora of Jowai Vol.I Author - N.P.Balakrishnan
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Nymphaea pubescens. (2024, February 6). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea_pubescens