Taxon:  Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f.



Summary
Genus:
Nymphaea
Subgenus:
Brachyceras
Family:
Nymphaeaceae
Nomen number:
402222
Place of publication:
Fl. indica 120.  1768
Comment:
  • non Nymphaea nouchali auct. nonn. (= N. pubescens Willd.)
  • relationship to African N. caerulea & N. capensis needs further study
Verified:
12/13/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  3. Dkhar, J. 2011. Analysis of genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship in the genus Nymphaea using DNA profiling. Unpublished dissertation (North-Eastern Hill University) 27.
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
  5. Fu, D.-Z. & J. H. Wiersema. 2001. Nymphaeaceae. In: Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds., Flora of China (English edition).
  6. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  7. Hajra, P. K. et al., eds. 1996-. Materials for the flora of Arunachal Pradesh.
  8. Hajra, P. K. et al., eds. 1999-. Flora of Andaman-Nicobar Islands
  9. Hossain, A. B. M. E. et al. 2001. Taxonomy of the genus Nymphaea (Tourn.) L. (Nymphaeaceae) from Bangladesh in view of anatomical studies. Bangladesh J. Bot. 30:9-16.
  10. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Nymphaea stellata Willd.
  11. Jacobs, S. W. L. & C. L. Porter. 2007. Nymphaeaceae. In: George, A. S., ed., Flora of Australia. 2:264.
  12. Jacobs, S. W. L. 1994. Further notes on Nymphaea (Nymphaeaceae) in Australasia. Telopea 5:703-706.
  13. Khanna, K. K. et al. 1999. Dicotyledonous plants of Uttar Pradesh: a checklist.
  14. Kumar, S. 2001. Flora of Haryana (Materials).
  15. La-ongsri, W. et al. 2009. A synopsis of Thai Nymphaeaceae. Nordic J. Bot. 27:106-107.
  16. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  17. Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:198.
  18. Personal Care Products Council. International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient
  19. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  20. Pullaiah, T. et al. 1997-1998. Flora of Andhra Pradesh (India).
  21. Royen, P. van. 1962. Sertulum papuanum 5. Nymphaeaceae. Nova Guinea, Bot. 8:110.
  22. Saldanha, C. J. 1985-. Flora of Karnataka.
  23. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
  24. Shetty, B. V. & V. Singh, eds. 1987-. Flora of India. Series 2: Flora of Rajasthan. Note: lists as "nauchali"
  25. Singh, N. P. et al., eds. 2000-. Flora of Manipur
  26. Singh, N. P. et al., eds. 2001-2002. Flora of Maharashtra state.
  27. Singh, N. P. et al. 2001. Flora of Bihar: analysis.
  28. Singh, N. P., eds. 2002-. Flora of Jammu & Kashmir
  29. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: includes African material
  30. Verdcourt, B. 1989. The typification of Nymphaea lotus L. Kew Bull. 44:179. Note: examined type
  31. Verma, D. M. et al. (vol. 1); V. Mudgal et al. (vol. 2). 1993-. Flora Madhya Pradesh.
  32. Womersley, J. S., ed. 1978-. Handbooks of the flora of Papua New Guinea.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblue lotus  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
GermanStern-Seerose  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Portuguese (Brazil)loto  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)ninféia  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedishstjärnlotus  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui Sheng Fu, D.-Z. & J. H. Wiersema. 2001. Nymphaeaceae. In: Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds., Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng Fu, D.-Z. & J. H. Wiersema. 2001. Nymphaeaceae. In: Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds., Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng Fu, D.-Z. & J. H. Wiersema. 2001. Nymphaeaceae. In: Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds., Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei Sheng Fu, D.-Z. & J. H. Wiersema. 2001. Nymphaeaceae. In: Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds., Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Fu, D.-Z. & J. H. Wiersema. 2001. Nymphaeaceae. In: Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds., Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  Fu, D.-Z. & J. H. Wiersema. 2001. Nymphaeaceae. In: Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds., Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistanLaghman Khan, Z. et al. 1997. Aquatic plants of Iran and Pakistan: 8. Nymphaeaceae. Biologia (Lahore) 43:11.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  Hossain, A. B. M. E. et al. 2001. Taxonomy of the genus Nymphaea (Tourn.) L. (Nymphaeaceae) from Bangladesh in view of anatomical studies. Bangladesh J. Bot. 30:9-16.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAndhra Pradesh Pullaiah, T. et al. 1997-1998. Flora of Andhra Pradesh (India).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaArunachal Pradesh Hajra, P. K. et al., eds. 1996-. Materials for the flora of Arunachal Pradesh.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam Dkhar, J. 2011. Analysis of genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship in the genus Nymphaea using DNA profiling. Unpublished dissertation (North-Eastern Hill University) 27.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaBihar Singh, N. P. et al. 2001. Flora of Bihar: analysis.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaGoa Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaGujarat Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHaryana Kumar, S. 2001. Flora of Haryana (Materials).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKarnataka Saldanha, C. J. 1985-. Flora of Karnataka.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKerala Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMadhya Pradesh Verma, D. M. et al. (vol. 1); V. Mudgal et al. (vol. 2). 1993-. Flora Madhya Pradesh.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMaharashtra Singh, N. P. et al., eds. 2001-2002. Flora of Maharashtra state.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaManipur Singh, N. P. et al., eds. 2000-. Flora of Manipur
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMeghalaya Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaNagaland Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaOdisha Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaRajasthan Shetty, B. V. & V. Singh, eds. 1987-. Flora of India. Series 2: Flora of Rajasthan. Note: lists as "nauchali"
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTripura Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh Khanna, K. K. et al. 1999. Dicotyledonous plants of Uttar Pradesh: a checklist.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. Note: = Nymphaea stellata var. versicolor (Sims) Hook. f. & Thomson
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistanSindh Khan, Z. et al. 1997. Aquatic plants of Iran and Pakistan: 8. Nymphaeaceae. Biologia (Lahore) 43:11.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  Fu, D.-Z. & J. H. Wiersema. 2001. Nymphaeaceae. In: Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds., Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndiaAndaman and Nicobar Islands Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  Fu, D.-Z. & J. H. Wiersema. 2001. Nymphaeaceae. In: Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds., Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Fu, D.-Z. & J. H. Wiersema. 2001. Nymphaeaceae. In: Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds., Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  La-ongsri, W. et al. 2009. A synopsis of Thai Nymphaeaceae. Nordic J. Bot. 27:106-107.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  Fu, D.-Z. & J. H. Wiersema. 2001. Nymphaeaceae. In: Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds., Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  Royen, P. van. 1962. Sertulum papuanum 5. Nymphaeaceae. Nova Guinea, Bot. 8:110.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Fu, D.-Z. & J. H. Wiersema. 2001. Nymphaeaceae. In: Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds., Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Fu, D.-Z. & J. H. Wiersema. 2001. Nymphaeaceae. In: Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds., Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  Womersley, J. S., ed. 1978-. Handbooks of the flora of Papua New Guinea.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territoryn.Jacobs, S. W. L. & C. L. Porter. 2007. Nymphaeaceae. In: George, A. S., ed., Flora of Australia. 2:264.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslandn.Jacobs, S. W. L. & C. L. Porter. 2007. Nymphaeaceae. In: George, A. S., ed., Flora of Australia. 2:264.
2Cultivated    also cult.Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Nymphaea stellata Willd.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan [Laghman]
  • CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Yunnan Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India [Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh], Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan [Sindh]
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland (n.), Northern Territory (n.)]
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  2. Dkhar, J. 2011. Analysis of genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship in the genus Nymphaea using DNA profiling. Unpublished dissertation (North-Eastern Hill University) 27.
  3. Fu, D.-Z. & J. H. Wiersema. 2001. Nymphaeaceae. In: Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds., Flora of China (English edition).
  4. Hajra, P. K. et al., eds. 1996-. Materials for the flora of Arunachal Pradesh.
  5. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. Note: = Nymphaea stellata var. versicolor (Sims) Hook. f. & Thomson
  6. Hossain, A. B. M. E. et al. 2001. Taxonomy of the genus Nymphaea (Tourn.) L. (Nymphaeaceae) from Bangladesh in view of anatomical studies. Bangladesh J. Bot. 30:9-16.
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Nymphaea stellata Willd.
  8. Jacobs, S. W. L. & C. L. Porter. 2007. Nymphaeaceae. In: George, A. S., ed., Flora of Australia. 2:264.
  9. Khan, Z. et al. 1997. Aquatic plants of Iran and Pakistan: 8. Nymphaeaceae. Biologia (Lahore) 43:11.
  10. Khanna, K. K. et al. 1999. Dicotyledonous plants of Uttar Pradesh: a checklist.
  11. Kumar, S. 2001. Flora of Haryana (Materials).
  12. La-ongsri, W. et al. 2009. A synopsis of Thai Nymphaeaceae. Nordic J. Bot. 27:106-107.
  13. Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
  14. Pullaiah, T. et al. 1997-1998. Flora of Andhra Pradesh (India).
  15. Royen, P. van. 1962. Sertulum papuanum 5. Nymphaeaceae. Nova Guinea, Bot. 8:110.
  16. Saldanha, C. J. 1985-. Flora of Karnataka.
  17. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
  18. Shetty, B. V. & V. Singh, eds. 1987-. Flora of India. Series 2: Flora of Rajasthan. Note: lists as "nauchali"
  19. Singh, N. P. et al., eds. 2000-. Flora of Manipur
  20. Singh, N. P. et al., eds. 2001-2002. Flora of Maharashtra state.
  21. Singh, N. P. et al. 2001. Flora of Bihar: analysis.
  22. Verma, D. M. et al. (vol. 1); V. Mudgal et al. (vol. 2). 1993-. Flora Madhya Pradesh.
  23. Womersley, J. S., ed. 1978-. Handbooks of the flora of Papua New Guinea.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Nymphaea stellata Willd.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=402222. Accessed 12 May 2026.