Mazhar Botanic Garden

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

Indian lotus

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001334
Common name: Indian lotus
English name: Sacred lotus
Arabic name: اللوتس البمبي
Native: India - Asia- Australia
Country: Asia Australia
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Aquatic perennial plant, roots and stems sticks, spongy, horizontal leaves large circular peltate up to 60 cm across attached centrally to long stems flowers pink or white, fragrant fruit spongy and fleshy when young woody in mature, cone-shaped, flat-topped and inverted pyramidal

sacred lotus. ornamental aquatic plant. stems, leaves, flowers used in traditional medicine. food.

Nelumbo speciosum Willd

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Texture: Fertile
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Topography: Basins
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Well water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 4 : 11
pH range: 5.5-7.5

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