Waterlily

The scientific name of Waterlily: Nymphaea stellata / Nymphaea nouchali Burn.f.

Name of Waterlily in different languages:-

English: star lotus, red and blue water lily, blue star water lily

Sanskrit: Kumudam, Ulpalam

Hindi: Kokka, Kanval.

Malayalam: Ampal-ആമ്പൽ

Plant description:

Waterlily is a water plant, day-blooming, submerged roots and stems. leaves are floating over the water the surface against the water level, it is round and green on top and darker in underside, with the size is about 20 to 23 cm, flowers are star shaped and beautiful, usually violet to blue in color or white, size 4 to5 sepals and 13 to 15 petals, stem stems are fixed in rhizome under water with number of tube roots fixed to the soil.
Medicinal uses: The Rhizomes and Flowers of Waterlilies are used for cardiac debility, diarrhea, dysentery and skin diseases.

Useful plant parts:

Flower, Seed

Leaf Arrangement

Shape-Round	Margin-Crenate	Venation-Arcuate

How to prepare medicines:

Waterlily is the one of the ingredients in the Ayurveda medicines like-