NCCWDB

Nelumbo nucifera / Lotus / 莲藕

  • Introduction
    Nelumbo nucifera rhizomes are transverse, thick, with enlarged internodes, with many longitudinal ventilation channels, retracted nodes, black scaly leaves on top, and adventitious roots on the bottom. Leaves rounded, shield-shaped, 25-90 cm in diameter, slightly wavy on the whole margin, smooth above, with white powder, lower veins projecting from the center, with 1-2 forked branches, petioles stout, cylindrical, 1-2 m long, hollow, scattered with small spines outside. The peduncle and petiole are equal or slightly long, but also scattered with small spines, and the flowers are 10-20 cm in diameter, beautiful and fragrant
  • Common name: / Lotus / 莲藕
  • Taxonomy: Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; Proteales; Nelumbonaceae; Nelumbo

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