Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Nelumbo Nucifera | Kamal | Indian Sacred Lotus

Nelumbo-Nucifera












Classification of Nelumbo Nucifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Nelumbonaceae
Genus: Nelumbo
Species: N. nucifera
Binomial name
Nelumbo nucifera


Common Name: –Indian Sacred Lotus, Kamal

A large aquatic hub with long, slender creeping stem rooting at the nodes.
Leave 0.3-0.6m in diameter, orbicular, cupped, petioles very long; flowers solitary, large, white or rosy, with many petals. Flowers July.
Cultivated in tanks in the State.
Propagated by seeds or tubers

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