Volume 14 > Part 4 > Year 2020 > Page 547 > Nymphaeaceae > Nymphaea

1. Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.wfo-0000382053

Fl. Ind. 120. 1768. Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 116. 1922; Royen, Nova Guinea 8. ser. 5: 110. f. 2. 1962; Backer & Balkh. f., Fl. Java 1: 149. 1963; Mitra in Nayar et al., Fasc. Fl. India 20: 17. 1990. & in Shama et al., Fl. India 1: 430, 1993; Dassanayake, Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 5: 291. 1996; Fu Dezhi & Wiersema, Fl. China 6: 117. 2001. Fig. 3 D–F. Plate LXIII: C.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Leaves with terete, brown, purplish green, glabrous petiole; lamina ovate, broadly elliptic, or suborbicular in outline, 5–45 by 5–35 cm; glabrous on both sides, above glossy bright green, sometimes purplish mottled, below reddish purple to deep blue violet, sometimes brownish mottled, basal lobes acuminate, obtuse or acute, margin subentire or irregularly sinuate, apex obtuse. Flowers 4–20 cm in diam., distinctly fragrant, anthesis diurnal. Sepals 4, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5–9 by 0.7–2.5 cm, abaxially green, sometimes with dark purplish line or dot, glabrous, adaxially greenish white, apex obtuse or acute. Petals 8–20, inserted in 3 indistinct rows, elliptic-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5–6 by 0.8–2 cm, blue or white with bluish tinge, rarely purple, apex obtuse or acute. Stamens 25–50, outermost 1.5–3 cm long, yellow, with deltoid connective appendage of color corresponding to petal; filaments laminar, yellow; anthers yellow. Ovary 10–20-locular, apocarpous; stigmatic appendages slightly developed, 0.1–0.5 cm long, triangular, with obtuse, yellow, incurved apex. Fruit 3–7 cm in diam., with sepals, stamens and stigmas remnants. Seeds ellipsoid to globose, 0.5–1 mm in diam., brown, with longitudinal rows of greyish white hairs.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan (Bueng Boraphet); NORTH-EASTERN: Sakon Nakhon (Nong Han), Maha Sarakham, Khon Kaen; EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima, Buri Ram (Huai Chorakhae Mak Reservoir), Surin, Amnat Charoen; SOUTH-WESTERN: Uthai Thani, Phachuap Khiri Khan (Sam Roi Yot NP); CENTRAL: Chai Nat, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Nakhon Pathom, Phathum Thani (Bang Bua Thong), Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok) (Pak Kret); SOUTH-EASTERN: Chon Buri (Laem Chabang), Rayong, Trat (Ko Chang); PENINSULAR: Surat Thani (Ban Noi, Kong Ya, Lang Suan, Kanchanadit, Khanom), Phatthalung (Thale Noi Non-hunting Area, Khuan Khanun, ca 10 m), Songkhla (Kra Sae Sin, Tha Lae Sap WS,), Pattani (Mueang District, Ban Bu Bo), Narathiwat (Bangkuntong, Tak Bai, Phru To Daeng).

Distribution : Sri Lanka, India (type), Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea.

Ecology : Fresh or brackish waters of large swamps, lakes, and rice paddies, from near sea level to 500 m alt. Flowering: late June; fruiting: September.

Vernacular : Bua phuean (บัวเผื่อน)(Central); bua na (บัวนา), bua bae (บัวแบ้), bua khap (บัวขาบ), nilobon (นิโลบล), nilubon (นิลุบล), pan dam (ป้านดำ ), pan sangkon (ป้านสังก๋อน), dok chang khon (ดอกจั๋งก๋อน)(Chiang Mai).

Uses: Some areas in northeastern Thailand the young flowers are consumed as a vegetable.