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442 Nymphaea stellata Willd.<br />

Nymphaea stellata Willd.<br />

Family ◮<br />

Nymphaeaceae.<br />

Habitat ◮ A native to Southeast<br />

Asia; found in ponds and ditches<br />

throughout India.<br />

English ◮ <strong>Indian</strong> Blue Water-lily.<br />

Ayurvedic ◮ Nilotpala (blue or<br />

voilet-flowered var.).<br />

Unani ◮ Nilofar.<br />

Siddha/Tamil ◮ Neelothpalam.<br />

Action ◮ See N. alba.<br />

Nymphoides macrospermum<br />

Vasudevan.<br />

Family ◮ Menyanthaceae.<br />

Habitat ◮ South India.<br />

Folk ◮ Granthik Tagar.<br />

Action ◮ Sedative, antispasmodic.<br />

Used in neurological disorders and<br />

colic.<br />

Stalks and leaves—pounded with<br />

oil and applied to ulcers.<br />

See Limnanthemum cristatum Griseb.<br />

N

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