1264
Nymphaea nouchali var. versicolour Burm.f.,
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Synonym |
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Castalia versicolor |
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Family |
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Nymphaeaceae |
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Local name |
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English-Indian waterlily Malayalam-Ambel |
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Flowering and fruiting period |
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Throughout the year |
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Distribution |
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Indo-Malesia and Tropical Africa |
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Habitat |
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All Districts |
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Key botanical characters : Rhizomatous auatic herbs. rhizomes
often producing long runners. Leaves alternate, elliptic or orbicular,
elliptic-sagitate when young, entire or irregularly sinuate at margin,
rounded-acute at apex, Sepals lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, green,
streaked purple outside. Petals 8-15, elliptic-lanceolate, mauve. Stamens
20-60, yellowFruits globose, 1.5-3.5 cm, with remnants of sepals, petals and
stamens; seeds ellipsoid-globose, 8-10 mm long, vertically fine-lined,
ciliate on ribs, becoming glabrate with growth of aril.  |
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