Lotus (Nelumbo Nelumbium Druce) included in the family Nymphaeaceae. Synonym of this plant is Nelumbiurn nuciferum, Gaertn. = N. speciosum, Wilid. = Nelumbo nucifera, Gaertn. = Nyrnphaea Nelumbo, Linn. And has local name: Padma, lotus, Terate, tarate, large lotus. Chronic aquatic plants of this beautiful, native of mainland Asia. Cultivated in water and lotus ponds, sometimes found growing wild in the swamps. Rumbah water plants upright. Thick scaly rhizomes, growing creeper. Leaves and…
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