Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Nymphaea stellata
Scientific Name and Description
Nymphaea stellata WILLD.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | indian blue water-lily |
| Hindi | lilophal, nilkamal, nilpadma |
| Malayalam | sitambel |
| Marathi | kalakamal, kamal, kasturi-salak, krishnakamal, kumtan, porebunder, poyani, uplia-kamal |
| Sanskrit | asitotpala, indivara, indivaram, indiwar, kahlarah, kandota, kandotha, kumuda, kumudah, kuvalaya, mridutpala, nilakamala, nilaliya, nilambujanma, nilapadma, nilapatra, nilotpala, nilpankaja, nilpatraka, saugandhika, utpala, utpalaka, utpalam |
| Tamil | acitampurukam, acitorpalam, alli, ampal, ancanala#, ancanala@, ancani , anuttinam, caukantikam, cirralli, cirrampal, intamparam, intamvaram, intiralayam, intiravam, kannapuram, kantotakam, kantotam, karnapuram, karuneytarpu, karunkavi, karuppalli, kontalmeni, koticcittamarai, maltayam, mekaniram, mekanirattamarai, mirutorpalakkoti, miruturpalam, neydal, neytal, nilakamalam, nilalli, nilampal, nilampucam, nilapatumam, nilapatumam#, nilapatumam, nilavalli, nilorpalam, nilotpavam, nir, nirkkuvalai, nirkkuvalaikkoti, otaivanitakkoti, otaivanitam, porutaki , unampal, unamparkoti, urpalam3, uta allikkoti, utampal, utavalli |
| Telugu | indeevaramu, kalva puvvu, neeti kaluva, nitikulava |
| Tibetan | u tpa la snon po, u tpa la snos po |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Flowers
References
Literature
Literature
FLORA OF ASSAM Author - KANJILAL & BOR
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 Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)