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Common name: White Water Lily, White Lotus, Tharo angouba (Manipuri), வெள்ளாம்பல் VeLLAmbal (Tamil), कुमुद Kumuda (Sanskrit), Shaluk (Bengali), Neerambal (Malayalam), Kannaidile (Kannada), Nal (Assamese)
Botanical name: Nymphaea lotus var. pubescens/pubescens/esculenta
Family: Nymphaeaceae (waterlily family)
This is a beautiful white waterlily, native to India and South-east Asia. The
toothed floating leaves vary from being elliptic-oval to almost circular, and
are 15-26 cm across. The leaves are papery and have fine hair on them. White
flowers are 5-15 cm in diameter, with 12-14 shiny petals, and rise above the
water. There are red and
pink varieties too. This flowered is reverred in ancient Hindu literature.
| Photographed in Lodhi Garden, Delhi. |
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