Steinmetz:Nelumbo

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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009

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[edit] Nelumbo nucifera

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Nymphaeaceae
English Names
  • Egyptian Lotus
  • Chinese Arrowroot
  • Sacred Lotus
  • Indian Lotus
  • Chinese Water Lily
Natural Habitat
  • India
  • Ceylon
  • Persia
  • China
  • Japan
  • (growing in ponds and marshes)
Part(s) Used
  • Flores
  • Radix
  • Nuces
Constituent(s)
  • rootstock
  • seed: metarbin
  • resin
  • glucose
  • fat
  • tannin
  • nelumbine (alkaloid). The rootstock also contains starch (a sort of arrowroot)
Action
  • diuretic
  • sedative
  • refrigerant
  • nutritive (when cooked); seed: consumed by the Chinese as a delicacy
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