botanical record · discovered
Water Lotus
Nelumbo nucifera
Water Lotus · Asiatische Lotosblume (DE) · Bean of India · Dhirta zashin · East Indian lotus · East indian lotus · Fior di loto asiatico · Fiore di loto · Flor-de-lótus · Fève d'Égypte, Lotus indien, Lotus sacré · Fındıqcalı şanagüllə · Heilige lotus · Helgilótus · Hindia lotuso · Hint lotusu · Indesche Lotus · Indiai Lótusz · Indian Lotus · Indian lotus · Indijski lotos
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, India(Santal), India, Egypt
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abdomen, Alcoholism, Antidote, Bacteriostat
Science studied: ALANINE, ARGININE, ASCORBIC-ACID, ASPARAGINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Nelumbonaceae
Scientific name: Nelumbo nucifera
Common names: Water Lotus, Asiatische Lotosblume (DE), Bean of India, Dhirta zashin, East Indian lotus, East indian lotus, Fior di loto asiatico, Fiore di loto, Flor-de-lótus, Fève d'Égypte, Lotus indien, Lotus sacré, Fındıqcalı şanagüllə, Heilige lotus, Helgilótus, Hindia lotuso, Hint lotusu, Indesche Lotus, Indiai Lótusz, Indian Lotus, Indian lotus, Indijski lotos
POWO: 605422-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Elsewhere, India(Santal), India, Egypt.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abdomen
- Alcoholism
- Antidote
- Bacteriostat
- Chest
- Cholera
- Circulation
- Complexion
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- Cosmetic
- Deobstruent
- Depurative
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Dyspepsia
- Ejaculation
- Enteritis
- Epistaxis
- Fever
- Gonorrhea
- Hairblack
- Heart
- Hematemesis
- Hematochezia
- Hematuria
- Hemoptysis
- Hemorrhage
- Hemostat
- Insomnia
- Intellect
- Leucorrhea
- Medicine
- Neurasthenia
- Panacea
- Sedative
- Skin
- Smallpox
- Spasm
- Spleen
- Tonic
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Vermifuge
- Virility
- Bruise
- Antiemetic
- Cancer(Cervix)
- Sclerosis(Limb)
- Spermatorrhea
- Vertigo
- Demulcent
- Flux
- Intestine
- Labor
- Metrorrhagia
- Post-Partum
- Puerperium
- Refrigerant
- Semen
- Stomachic
- Decoagulant
- Ringworm
- Sunstroke
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Elsewhere
- India(Santal)
- India
- Egypt
Documented cultural uses
- Abdomen
- Alcoholism
- Antidote
- Bacteriostat
- Chest
- Cholera
- Circulation
- Complexion
- Cosmetic
- Deobstruent
- Depurative
- Diarrhea
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- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Dyspepsia
- Ejaculation
- Enteritis
- Epistaxis
- Fever
- Gonorrhea
- Hairblack
- Heart
- Hematemesis
- Hematochezia
- Hematuria
- Hemoptysis
- Hemorrhage
- Hemostat
- Insomnia
- Intellect
- Leucorrhea
- Medicine
- Neurasthenia
- Panacea
- Sedative
- Skin
- Smallpox
- Spasm
- Spleen
- Tonic
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Vermifuge
- Virility
- Bruise
- Antiemetic
- Cancer(Cervix)
- Sclerosis(Limb)
- Spermatorrhea
- Vertigo
- Demulcent
- Flux
- Intestine
- Labor
- Metrorrhagia
- Post-Partum
- Puerperium
- Refrigerant
- Semen
- Stomachic
- Decoagulant
- Ringworm
- Sunstroke
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Abdomen · China · "
- Alcoholism · China · "
- Antidote · China · "
- Bacteriostat · Elsewhere · "
- Chest · China · "
- Cholera · China · "
- Circulation · China · "
- Complexion · China · "
- Cosmetic · China · "
- Deobstruent · India(Santal) · "
- Depurative · China · "
- Diarrhea · China · "
- Diarrhea · Elsewhere · "
- Diuretic · China · "
- Dysentery · China · "
- Dysentery · Elsewhere · "
- Dyspepsia · Elsewhere · "
- Ejaculation · China · "
- Enteritis · China · "
- Epistaxis · China · "
- Fever · China · "
- Gonorrhea · China · "
- Hairblack · China · "
- Heart · China · "
42 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Globisporangium concavum sp. nov. and three oomycete species causing rhizome rot of lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) in Japan · 2026 source ↗
- Multi-omics analysis reveals regulation of rhizome swelling in Nelumbo nucifera. · 2026 source ↗
- Exogenous auxin mediates the NnARF9-NnSUS2 module to regulate sucrose synthesis in lotus leaves (Nelumbo nucifera). · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALANINE
- ARGININE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASPARAGINE
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CERYL-ALCOHOL
- CETYL-ALCOHOL
- CYSTINE
- DEHYDRONUCIFERINE
- DEHYDROROEMERINE
- ERUCIC-ACID
- FAT
- FIBER
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- GLUCOLUTEOLIN
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLYCINE
- HIGENAMINE
- HISTIDINE
- 2-HYDROXY-1-METHOXYAPORPHINE
- HYPEROSIDE
- IRON
- ISOLEUCINE
- ISOQUERCETIN
- KAEMPFEROL
- KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCURONIDE
- LEUCINE
- LEUCODELPHINIDIN
- LIENSININE
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- LIRIODENINE
- LOTUSINE
- LUTEOLIN
- LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE
- LYSINE
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- MERATINE
- METHIONINE
- N-METHYLCOCLAURINE
- O-METHYLCORYPALLINE
- MUFA
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- NELUMBINE
- NELUMBOSIDE
- NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- NIACIN
- DL-N-NORARMEPAVINE
- NORNUCIFERINE
- N-NORNUCIFERINE
- OLEIC-ACID
- OXOUSHINSUNINE
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
- PROLINE
- PRONUCIFERINE
- PROTEIN
- PUFA
- QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE
- RAFFINOSE
- ROBININ
- ROEMERINE
- RUTIN
- SERINE
- SFA
- SODIUM
- STACHYOSE
- STARCH
- STEARIC-ACID
- SUCROSE
- TANNIC-ACID
- THIAMIN
- THREONINE
- TRIGONELLINE
- TRYPTOPHAN
- TYROSINE
- VALINE
- WATER
- ZINC
- DEHYDROANONAINE
- GADOLEIC-ACID
- 4'METHYL-N-METHYLCOCLAURINE
- QUERCETIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- DL-ARMEPAVINE
- ASH
- D-CATECHIN
- DEMETHYLCOCLAURINE
- D-GALLOCATECHIN
- GLUTATHIONE
- 1-(P-HYDROXYBENZYL)-6,7-DIHYDROXY-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROISOQU...
- ISOLIENSINE
- KILOCALORIES
- LEUCOCYANIDIN
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LOTUSINE-CHLORIDE
- N-METHYLISOCOCLAURINE
- NEFERIN
- N-NOR-ARMEPAVINE
- PALMITIC-ACID
- D-PRONUCIFERINE
- REDUCING-SUGARS
- ISOLIENSININE
- ARSENIC
- COPPER
- ANONAINE
- NUCIFERINE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
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