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Blue Star Water Lily
Nymphaea nouchali
21.0994, 92.1166
Field Notes
Description:
A spectacular aquatic plant of many well-deserved names: Blue or Star or red-and-blue-star lotus; or Red-and-blue water lily, or blue star water lily or manel flower... Like all these names suggest, this spectacular plant is a water lily or lotus, whose flower mainly reddish blue in color... with large oval leaves that often cover completely the pond where they thrive.
Habitat:
Seen in many ponds in the area. The plant is very common throughout Indian sub-continent and south-east Asia, and also popular as ornamental plant
Notes:
Like most plants from Water Lily family, tubers and rhizomes are edibles (and appreciated roasted); young and tender leaves and flower peduncles too.
Reference Links:
Nymphaea nouchali - Wikipedia
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PublishedApril 6, 2019
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