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 float over the water surface against the water level, it is round and green on top and darker on the underside, with a 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 underwater 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 one of the ingredients in Ayurveda medicines like-