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Nymphaea nouchali
A spectacular aquatic plant of many well-deserved names: Blue or Star or red-and-blue-star lotus; or Red-and-blue water lily, or blue star water lily or manel flower... Like all these names suggest, this spectacular plant is a water lily or lotus, whose flower mainly reddish blue in color... with large oval leaves that often cover completely the pond where they thrive.
Seen in many ponds in the area. The plant is very common throughout Indian sub-continent and south-east Asia, and also popular as ornamental plant
Like most plants from Water Lily family, tubers and rhizomes are edibles (and appreciated roasted); young and tender leaves and flower peduncles too.
Spotted on Mar 17, 2019
Submitted on Apr 6, 2019
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