Nelumbo NUCIFERA Gaertn.
| Synonym : | Nelumbium nelumbo Druce. Nelumbo caspica (Fisch.) Schipcz. Nymphaea nelumbo L. Nelumbo speciosa Willd. Nelumbo komarovii Grossh. |
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| Bangla Name : | Poddo, Padma. |
| English Name : | Lotus, The sacred lotus. |
| Family : | Nymphaeaceae |
| Disease : | Diuretic, cough, biliousness, throat troubles, spermatorrhoea, dysentery, dyspepsia, piles, strangury, piles, leprosy, tonic, diarrhoea , cholera, fever, liver diseases, aphrodisiac, astringent and ulcers. |
| Description : | A large aquatic herb with slender, elongate, branched, creeping stem. Leaves large, 0.3-0.6 m or more in diam., orbicular, peltate, entire, floating with very long petioles. Flowers solitary, 10-25 cm diam. White or rosy, peduncles very long. Fruit obconical, 5 cm long and 6 cm broad, top flat. |
| Distribution : | In Bills and Haors of Gajipur, Mymensingh, Bagerhat, Kishoreganj, Naogaon, Nawabganj, Rangpur, Sherpur, Feni and some other districts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves, pedicels and embryo are reported to contain alkaloids, nelumbine and nupharine, nuciferine, nornuciferine, pronuciferine, roemerine, anonaine, 5-methoxy-6-hydroxyaporphine and meratin hyperoside, quercetin, isoquercetin, a quercetin glucoside (que |
| Uses : | Roots are diuretic, useful in cough, biliousness, throat troubles and spermatorrhoea, in the form of powder it is prescribed for dysentery, dyspepsia and piles as a demulcent, in the form of paste in ringworms and other cutaneous affections. The tender le |
| Habit : | Herb |