Dear Dinesh ji, inadvertently you have linked the pictures of Nymphaea instead of Nelumbo here.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Research Associate National Center for Natural Products Research Thad Cochran Research Center University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 Phone: +1 662 915 1018 On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > *NATIVE, WILD, CULTIVATED* :: Nelumbonaceae (lotus family) » *Nelumbo > nucifera* > *Synonyms*: *Nelumbium speciosum, Nelumbo speciosa, Nymphaea nelumbo* > > > *nee-LUM-bo* or *nay-LUM-bo* -- Latinized form of aboriginal name > *noo-SIFF-er-uh* -- nut-bearing > > > *commonly known as*: Indian lotus, lotus, oriental lotus, sacred lotus • > Assamese: পদম padam • Bengali: কমল komol • Gujarati: motunkamal • Hindi: कमल > kamal, कन्वल kanwal • Kannada: ತಾವರೆ tavare • Malayalam: താമര tamara • > Manipuri: থম্বাল thambal • Marathi: कमळ kamal • Oriya: ପଦମ padam • Sanskrit: > अम्बुज ambuj, कमल kamala, पद्म padma, पंकज pankaja, सरसिज sarsija, शारदा > sharada • Tamil: அம்பல் ambal, தாமரை tamarai • Telugu: తామర tamara • Urdu: > نیلوفر nilufer > > > *Native to*: south-east Asia > > > > *Edible use*: > > ... flowers, seeds, young leaves, and roots (rhizomes) are all edible > > > > *Symbolic status*: > > ... National Flower of India > ... National Flower of Vietnam > > > > *Religious status*: > > ... divine symbol ... most Buddhist, Chinese, Hindu, Japanese, and other > Asian deities are depicted as seated on a lotus flower > > > >
